Category Archives: Canadian Press
Mystery object found off B.C. coast is not a military device: navy
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - The Royal Canadian Navy says an unidentified object found off British Columbia’s north coast is not a lost bomb. The navy says a remotely operated vehicle was deployed earl...
Nov 25, 2016
Florence Henderson was longtime pre-race Indy 500 performer
INDIANAPOLIS - The president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is remembering actress Florence Henderson as a “lovely lady” who sang nearly two dozen times during Indianapolis 500 pre-rac...
Nov 25, 2016
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Nov. 25 --- TRUDEAU IN MADAGASCAR FOR LA FRANCOPHONIE MEETING: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Antananarivo, the capital city of the island natio...
Nov 25, 2016
Tories, cattlemen's group, call for faster aid in wake of bovine TB quarantine
OTTAWA - Faster aid mechanisms are needed for farmers dealing with livestock emergencies, the federal Conservatives and a cattle rancher’s organization said Friday amid an escalating bovine tube...
Nov 25, 2016
CFL commissioner Orridge won't admit to link between football and brain disease
TORONTO - CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge isn’t following the NFL’s lead and acknowledging a link exists between football-related head trauma and brain disease. In March, Jeff Miller, the...
Nov 25, 2016
Puempel, Lundqvist lead Rangers past Flyers
PHILADELPHIA - Just as they hoped they would, Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers bounced back from a dismal performance. Matt Puempel scored in his first game with the Rangers, and Henrik Lundqvist made...
Nov 25, 2016
Feds say they'll negotiate national clean fuel standard with provinces
TORONTO - The federal government says it will work with the provinces to develop a national clean fuel standard, the latest piece in its pan-Canadian climate plan. Environment Minister Catherine McKen...
Nov 25, 2016
Child poverty, the NDP and the way we vote: how politics touched Cdns this week
OTTAWA - The prime minister was out of town most of the week - winding up a trade-focused trip to South America and gearing up for an aid-focused trip to Africa - but the pace of politicking was relen...
Nov 25, 2016
Award-winning Calgary Stampeders say there is no taking Ottawa lightly
TORONTO - Dave Dickenson was a tad prickly with the media ahead of his team’s practice Friday, irked over suggestions the Calgary Stampeders will take Ottawa too lightly in Sunday’s Grey C...
Nov 25, 2016
New flyhalf kicks Samoa to 25-23 win over Canada in Grenoble
GRENOBLE, France - Samoa unveiled a potential new star as teenage flyhalf D’Angelo Leuila kicked 20 points to hold off Canada 25-23 and end their European rugby tour on a high on Friday. Making ...
Nov 25, 2016