Category Archives: Canadian Press
NHL still searching for reason to play at 2018 Winter Games
TORONTO - If the NHL needs a compelling reason to compete in the next Winter Olympics, Bill Daly says the league hasn’t found one yet. And the NHL deputy commissioner added Friday that he’...
Dec 30, 2016
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Dec. 30 B.C. OPENS MORE OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITES: More overdose prevention sites are opening in British Columbia as health officials try to come to grips wit...
Dec 30, 2016
Former Catholic teacher sues over alleged sexual assaults by priest
VANCOUVER - A former elementary school teacher is suing a diocese of the Roman Catholic church, alleging she was sexually assaulted by a priest while working at a church-run school four decades ago in...
Dec 30, 2016
NHL working on schedule to accommodate Olympics; Daly says no progress yet
TORONTO - The NHL is working on a plan to move forward with or without the 2018 Olympics. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Friday afternoon that the league has begun working with teams on two di...
Dec 30, 2016
Drug thought to be fentanyl was more deadly carfentanil, Hamilton police say
HAMILTON - Police in Hamilton say a bottle seized last month, that was suspected to contain a liquid form of the deadly opioid fentanyl, actually contained the more powerful drug carfentanil. Officers...
Dec 30, 2016
Ex-head of Jared Fogle's charity seeks sentence review
INDIANAPOLIS - A man who led former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle’s anti-obesity charity wants his sentence for child exploitation and child pornography vacated or modified. Russell Taylor was sen...
Dec 30, 2016
Throat singer, children's storyteller, among new Order of Canada recipients
OTTAWA - As Canada enters a year marked by national birthday celebrations and the beginnings of an inquiry into the country’s past, sordid treatment of its indigenous peoples, Nunavut-based thro...
Dec 30, 2016
Court reinstates Kennedy cousin Skakel's murder conviction
HARTFORD, Conn. - Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel faces a possible return to prison after the state Supreme Court reinstated his murder conviction in the killing of Martha Moxley in 1975 when they were ...
Dec 30, 2016
Honda Canada says it will take until spring to get parts for Odyssey recall
MARKHAM, Ont. - Honda Canada says it will take until next spring to get the parts required to fix thousands of Odyssey minivans that are being recalled because second-row seats may not lock into posit...
Dec 30, 2016
Zsa Zsa Gabor's life, glamour, honoured at funeral mass
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Zsa Zsa Gabor was remembered Friday during a funeral mass for being the epitome of Hollywood glamour, an elegant and attention-seeking actress who paved the way for future gene...
Dec 30, 2016