Category Archives: Canadian Press
Cazeneuve is France's new prime minister as Valls steps down
PARIS - The man who served as France’s top cop during a series of bloody terror attacks became the nation’s new prime minister on Tuesday after Manuel Valls stepped down to focus on runnin...
Dec 06, 2016
Thousands mourn beloved leader Jayalalithaa in south India
CHENNAI, India - Hundreds of thousands of people thronged the southern Indian city of Chennai on Tuesday to honour their late beloved leader, Jayaram Jayalalithaa, a former film actress and popular po...
Dec 05, 2016
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NHL Pittsburgh 8 Ottawa 5 Washington 3 Buffalo 2 (OT) Boston 4 Florida 3 (OT) Columbus 4 Arizona 1 — NBA Cleveland 116 Toronto 112 Denver 106 Philadelphia 98 Oklahoma City 1...
Dec 05, 2016
Trooper responding to call of erratic driver killed by him
MILLVILLE, N.J. - A recently married rookie state trooper responding to an emergency call about an erratic driver was killed in a violent wreck on a highway when the erratic driver, travelling in the ...
Dec 05, 2016
Rio2016, Election2016, PokemonGo top global Twitter trends
The Rio Olympics, the American presidential election and Pokemon Go were the top global trends on Twitter in 2016. The social media site says Rio2016 was the most tweeted-about topic around the world,...
Dec 05, 2016
Luck throws for 4 TDs, Colts rout Jets 41-10
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Boys just want to have fun. Andrew Luck certainly didn’t have any when he sat out a Thanksgiving night loss with a concussion. He made up for it very nicely Monday night ...
Dec 05, 2016
Missouri Gov.-elect Greitens says wife robbed at gunpoint
ST. LOUIS - Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens says his wife was robbed at gunpoint not far from their St. Louis home. The Republican governor-elect said in a written statement Monday night that the fu...
Dec 05, 2016
Brad Bowden's six-point effort leads Canada over South Korea at World Sledge Hockey Challenge
CHARLOTTETOWN - Veteran Brad Bowden scored twice and set up four more - tying his own tournament record for points in a game - as Canada cruised to a 10-1 victory against South Korea on Monday at the ...
Dec 05, 2016
Families to spend up to $420 more on groceries, restaurants in 2017, report says
TORONTO - The typical Canadian family will spend up to $420 more on groceries and dining out next year, getting little relief from a recent drop in the cost of food, suggests a new report released Mon...
Dec 05, 2016
Citizen panel calls on Ottawa to provide universal pharmacare plan for Canadians
TORONTO - A group of Canadians charged with examining access to prescription drugs across the country is recommending that the federal government adopt a national, publicly funded pharmacare plan in c...
Dec 05, 2016