Category Archives: Canadian Press
Star striker Didier Drogba returns to practice with Montreal Impact
MONTREAL - Didier Drogba wants to put controversy behind him and get back on the field with the Montreal Impact. The star striker was at practice Tuesday, raising the possibility that the Impact will ...
Nov 01, 2016
Bad weather could delay impending efforts to lift sunken tug from B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The Heiltsuk Nation on British Columbia’s central coast says salvage crews are ready to begin the process of raising a sunken tug for removal from Seaforth Channel. But a rel...
Nov 01, 2016
Canada Post replacing locks on thousands of community mailboxes
TORONTO - Canada Post is replacing the locks on thousands of community mailboxes after an “unacceptable” number of customers had their mailboxes frozen shut last winter. Spokesman Jon Hami...
Nov 01, 2016
2 brothers killed in shooting in Sweden
STOCKHOLM - Swedish police are searching for suspects in the killing of two brothers who were gunned down in the city of Goteborg. The shooting late Monday was the latest in a string of similar attack...
Nov 01, 2016
Tracking of journalist highlights need for guidance to courts: privacy czar
OTTAWA - Police surveillance of a Montreal journalist’s smartphone suggests a need for clearer federal guidance to the courts, Canada’s privacy czar says. Parliament has a role to play in ...
Nov 01, 2016
Attempt to avert potential N.S. teachers strike falls apart over 'preconditions'
HALIFAX - An attempt to avert a potential teachers strike in Nova Scotia hit a dead end after the government and union couldn’t agree on terms for conciliation by the Tuesday deadline. The conci...
Nov 01, 2016
TD Bank raises prime rate for variable-rate mortgages to 2.85 per cent
TORONTO - TD Bank (TSX:TD) raised the interest rate it charges customers with variable-rate mortgages amid the changes to the mortgage insurance rules announced by Ottawa last month. The big Canadian ...
Nov 01, 2016
Canada's John Herdman one of 10 candidates for FIFA women's coach of the year
ZURICH - John Herdman, who led Canada to a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics, is one of 10 contenders for FIFA women’s coach of the year. Under the 41-year-old Englishman, the Canadian women disp...
Nov 01, 2016
Pig that survived butcher, escape from home finds new family
STRATHAM, N.H. - A pot-bellied pig that survived a butcher and an escape from an adoptive home is getting a new family. The 3-year-old pig named Missy first arrived at the New Hampshire Society for th...
Nov 01, 2016
Ontario police probe several incidents involving trick or treaters on Halloween
A number of police forces across Ontario are investigating incidents which dampened the fun for certain trick or treaters on Halloween. Police laid charges against one man for allegedly throwing firec...
Nov 01, 2016