Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadians drop 3-1 decision to U.S. for first loss at world junior playdowns
TORONTO - If there’s one positive to come out of Canada’s preliminary round finale at the world junior hockey championship, it’s that the team picked the right game to lose. The Unit...
Dec 31, 2016
Congo president to leave after 2017 vote under new deal
KINSHASA, Congo - Political parties in Congo signed a deal late Saturday that calls for President Joseph Kabila to leave power after an election that now will be held by the end of next year instead o...
Dec 31, 2016
Texas judge halts federal transgender health protections
AUSTIN, Texas - A federal judge in Texas on Saturday ordered a halt to another Obama administration effort to strengthen transgender rights, this time over health rules that social conservatives say c...
Dec 31, 2016
'It is Usain Bolt' - Olympic champ calls into Man United TV
MANCHESTER, England - Manchester United’s in-house television channel received a shock when Usain Bolt called up to discuss Saturday’s 2-1 win over Middlesbrough in the English Premier Lea...
Dec 31, 2016
Ban Ki-moon buoyed by climate accord but laments conflicts
Ban Ki-moon ends 10 years at the helm of the United Nations lamenting the “fires still burning” from Syria to South Sudan but buoyed by a global agreement to combat climate change and new ...
Dec 31, 2016
Trudeau issues statement wishing Canadians Happy New Year
OTTAWA - The prime minister says his resolution for 2017 is to “stand against the politics of fear and division.” Trudeau’s New Year’s message released Saturday said he will fo...
Dec 31, 2016
Chelsea gets 13th straight win, Liverpool maintains pursuit
LIVERPOOL, England - Chelsea fought off a dogged Stoke for a record-equaling 13th successive Premier League win as Liverpool maintained its pursuit of the leaders with a victory over Manchester City. ...
Dec 31, 2016
Senators prospect Dahlen scores three as Sweden tops Czechs 5-2 at world juniors
MONTREAL - With first place already in the bag, Sweden wanted to make some history at the world junior hockey championship. Paced by Jonathan Dahlen’s hat-trick, the Swedes downed the Czech Repu...
Dec 31, 2016
Severe weather in Newfoundland leaves ships stranded ashore, damages houses
LARK HARBOUR, N.L. - A severe wind storm that pounded Newfoundland’s west coast on Friday was a “bad nightmare” for at least one resident who said his community looked like a “...
Dec 31, 2016
Calgary police allege Sunwing pilot was impaired, passed out in cockpit
CALGARY - A Sunwing Airlines pilot faces charges after police allege he was impaired before takeoff. Police say the pilot boarded the Boeing 737 in Calgary early Saturday for a flight that was schedul...
Dec 31, 2016