Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Next year' is here! Cubs fans elated after World Series win
CHICAGO - Cubs fans woke up Thursday - if they slept at all the night before - to the realization that next year is finally here. Hours after the Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years with a ...
Nov 03, 2016

Oh baby: Bob Cole details his life story in 'Now I'm Catching On' autobiography
TORONTO - Oh baby, Bob Cole knows hockey. But as his autobiography “Now I’m Catching On” reveals, the 83-year-old broadcaster has many more strings to his bow. Cole called Bob Beamon...
Nov 03, 2016

Homeless fear backlash after drifter accused in deadly high school stabbing
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The homeless population living in a British Columbia community that is reeling from a deadly high school stabbing is worried about being targeted in a backlash, says a pastor who wo...
Nov 03, 2016

Advocates urge Liberal government to reduce number of women in prison
OTTAWA - Sometimes when she goes to the grocery store, all Alia Pierini can do is sit in the parking lot, unable to bear the idea of going inside. She tries a different store, but Pierini, 31, often e...
Nov 03, 2016
Falling costs allow Canadian Natural to restart stalled oilsands project
CALGARY - Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) is hitting the restart button on a thermal oilsands project it suspended nearly two years ago, counting on lower costs to shave $100 million from the ori...
Nov 03, 2016
Staal settles into new hockey life with Wild following emotional exit from Hurricanes
Life was a whole lot different when Eric Staal last settled into a new hockey home more than 13 years ago. Back then Staal was a green 18-year-old from Thunder Bay, Ont., and the prized No. 1 overall ...
Nov 03, 2016
Nightmare: Election dispute goes to 8-member Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - What happens if America wakes up on Nov. 9 to another undecided, hotly disputed presidential election? What if the outcome turns on the razor-thin margin in one or two states, one candida...
Nov 03, 2016

Melania Trump vows to take on cyberbullying as first lady
BERWYN, Pa. - Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Thursday, pledging to focus on combatting online bullying and serve as an advocate for women and child...
Nov 03, 2016

Alberta government fleshes out plan to meet its renewable power targets
CALGARY - The Alberta government plans to use revenues from its carbon levy on large emitters to help spur investment in green power. Environment Minister Shannon Phillips outlined details of the Rene...
Nov 03, 2016
Trainer Mark Casse to saddle seven Breeders' Cup contenders this weekend
Veteran trainer Mark Casse has been a fixture lately at Santa Anita Park, keeping tabs on the seven horses he’ll run in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup. Not only does that mean monitori...
Nov 03, 2016