Category Archives: Canadian Press

Canadian duck producers to double output on growing consumer and export demand
MONTREAL - Despite a surge in cheap imports, Canadian duck producers are planning to boost production due to growing consumer demand spurred on by celebrity chefs and the reopening of the Mexican mark...
Aug 22, 2016

PM, ministers wrap cabinet retreat focused on challenging fall agenda
SUDBURY, Ont. - Justin Trudeau is acknowledging that his government faces a tough year ahead full of hard choices that won’t please everyone. And he already seems to be trying to dampen expectat...
Aug 22, 2016
Suspect in deaths of 5 in Alabama blames drugs for slaughter
CITRONELLE, Ala. - A Mississippi man arrested after five people were found dead in a rural Alabama home blamed the gruesome rampage on drugs, telling reporters Monday there weren’t words to expr...
Aug 22, 2016
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games MLB American Detroit 10 Boston 5 Cleveland 3 Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 8 Texas 4 Houston 5 Baltimore 3 Chicago White Sox 4 Oakland 2 Kansas City 2 Minnesota 1 L.A. Angels 2 N.Y. Yankees...
Aug 21, 2016
Blades select Montreal native Kayla Tutino first in 2016 CWHL draft
TORONTO - Forward Kayla Tutino was selected first overall on Sunday by the Boston Blades in the 2016 Canadian Women’s Hockey League draft. The 23-year-old Tutino, from Montreal, played the past ...
Aug 21, 2016

Car slams into crowd at outdoor concert in Ohio injuring 9
PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio - The 74-year-old driver of a car that slammed into a crowd at an outdoor community concert in Ohio injuring nine people, two of them seriously, confused the brake with the gas ped...
Aug 21, 2016

CBC says an average of just over four million tuned in for Hip broadcast
TORONTO - CBC’s broadcast of Saturday night’s Tragically Hip concert averaged just over four million viewers, according to the network. CBC says an average of 4.04 million people tuned in ...
Aug 21, 2016
Penny Oleksiak carries Canadian flag at closing ceremony of Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO - Penny Oleksiak capped a memorable Summer Olympics as Canada’s flag-bearer at Sunday’s closing ceremony of the Rio Games. The 16-year-old swimming sensation from Toronto st...
Aug 21, 2016
Doctors want funding for seniors care in new health accord
VANCOUVER - Canadian doctors want the federal government to make sure health care professionals have the resources they need to care for the country’s aging population, says the president of the...
Aug 21, 2016
Canadian soldier faces charges in Britain
OTTAWA - A Canadian soldier who served in Afghanistan is facing charges in the United Kingdom. A statement from the military provided to The Canadian Press does not elaborate on the nature of the char...
Aug 21, 2016