Category Archives: Canadian Press
Queen's new portrait features Prince Charles as guest star
LONDON - One is not amused. But the other one is. Queen Elizabeth II’s photographic portrait unveiled Sunday features a determined look ahead and perhaps the faintest whisper of a Mona Lisa smil...
Dec 18, 2016
Maple Leafs manage rare feat in containing Penguins captain Sidney Crosby
TORONTO - Sidney Crosby was a nightmare for the Maple Leafs when they first met the defending Stanley Cup champions earlier this season. It would be a different story on Saturday evening. The Leafs he...
Dec 18, 2016
Montreal's great debate: how much control should government have on restaurants?
MONTREAL - David McMillan, co-owner of Montreal’s renowned Joe Beef restaurant, laments that virtually anyone, regardless of experience, can open an eatery in the gastronomical city. “I ca...
Dec 18, 2016
France, Russia reach compromise as Aleppo rescue uncertain
BEIRUT - France struck a compromise Sunday with Russia on a U.N. resolution that it said would prevent “mass atrocities” in besieged areas of Aleppo, where thousands of trapped civilians a...
Dec 18, 2016
Provinces take aim at Ottawa's 'ultimatum' in testy health care talks
OTTAWA - Provincial ministers are criticizing what they describe as a lacklustre take-it-or-leave-it offer delivered by the Trudeau government ahead of what have become increasingly bitter talks aroun...
Dec 18, 2016
Longtime opioid users motivated by desire to avoid drug withdrawal
VANCOUVER - John Lenec remembers the song “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” going through his head moments after he slipped off a detox centre bed and began convulsing on the floor. ...
Dec 18, 2016
Blast kills at least 52 outside Yemen military camp
SANAA, Yemen - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a military camp in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday morning, killing at least 52 soldiers, a security official said. The Islamic State...
Dec 18, 2016
Boy, 3, out shopping with grandma dies in road rage shooting
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A 3-year-old boy being taken on a shopping trip by his grandmother was killed in a road rage shooting when a driver opened fire on the grandmother’s car because he thought sh...
Dec 18, 2016
2 winning tickets split $10 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw
TORONTO - The nearly $10 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw will be shared by two ticket holders - one in Quebec and the other in British Columbia. Each each will get a little mo...
Dec 17, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Saturday’s Games NHL Dallas 3 Philadelphia 1 Minnesota 4 Arizona 1 Montreal 2 Washington 1 Ottawa 3 New Jersey 1 Carolina 2 Buffalo 1 (SO) Toronto 2 Pittsburgh 1 (OT) Detroit 6 Anaheim 4 Chicago...
Dec 17, 2016