Category Archives: Canadian Press
Federal budget deficit jumps to $136.7 billion in November
WASHINGTON - The federal government’s deficit jumped sharply in November but for the first two months of the budget year is running 10 per cent lower than a year ago. The Treasury Department sai...
Dec 12, 2016
Future NHL stars learn life lessons at Rookie Orientation Program
WINNIPEG - Armed with pens instead of hockey sticks, the NHL’s future stars are learning about more than just power plays and puck possession. Over the past couple of summers, many of the league...
Dec 12, 2016
Canada asks U.S. court to toss case alleging it wrongly named woman a terrorist
The Canadian government wants a U.S. court to toss out a lawsuit that accuses it of ruining the life of a British Columbia woman, who alleges it knowingly gave false information to the FBI and America...
Dec 12, 2016
Cops' lawyer fights suspension amid fraud and money-laundering charges
TORONTO - A lawyer charged with fraud and money laundering related to dealings he had with top executives of a police union is appealing his suspension. In a notice to the Law Society appeal panel, An...
Dec 12, 2016
Second polar bear orphan at Winnipeg zoo; late freeze-up causing problems
WINNIPEG - The Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg has taken in a second orphaned polar bear cub that was seen wandering alone in the Churchill area. Another orphan was flown to the zoo’s polar bea...
Dec 12, 2016
Pro-Kurd party members arrested in wake of Istanbul bombings
ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities arrested more than 200 people Monday following suicide bombings near an Istanbul stadium that killed 44 people. The arrests primarily targeted members of a Kurdish polit...
Dec 12, 2016
Voracek, Raanta and Gagner named NHL three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Philadelphia Flyers right wing Jakub Voracek, New York Rangers goaltender Antti Raanta and Columbus Blue Jackets centre Sam Gagner are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Voracek led t...
Dec 12, 2016
Lightning's drafting prowess on display as six prospects attend Canada camp
BOISBRIAND, Que. - If the Tampa Bay Lightning want to check out their top prospects, all they need to do is go to the Canadian national junior team’s selection camp. Six Lightning draftees are a...
Dec 12, 2016
LeBron James producing Muhammad Ali documentary for HBO
LOS ANGELES - King James is set to tell the story of The Greatest. Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James will be the executive producer of an HBO documentary on Muhammad Ali, who died earlier this yea...
Dec 12, 2016
Federal government appoints three new bilingual NEB members,
OTTAWA - Federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr has moved to revive the stalled review of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline by appointing three new, bilingual, temporary members to the Nat...
Dec 12, 2016