Category Archives: Canadian Press

Alan Alda asks scientists to explain energy to children
STONY BROOK, N.Y. - Alan Alda wants scientists to answer a question for 11-year-old children: What is energy? The actor is a visiting professor at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Sto...
Oct 24, 2016

Leafs still learning 'how to win' after string of third period meltdowns
TORONTO - Maple Leafs defenceman Roman Polak tried but ultimately failed to wrap up Chicago Blackhawks winger Richard Panik on the play that capped off another third-period unravelling for Toronto thi...
Oct 24, 2016

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Oct. 24 CANADA-EU TRADE DEAL STILL BLOCKED: International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland says the head of the European Union and the federal leaders of all ...
Oct 24, 2016
B.C. children's rep Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond issues to-do list on departure
VICTORIA - The woman who has been watching out for British Columbia’s children and youth for the last decade used her final report to urge the province to be accountable and focus on children. M...
Oct 24, 2016
Toronto FC players unfazed by Kei Kamara's twerking goal celebration
TORONTO - Veteran Toronto midfielder Benoit Cheyrou shook his head when asked about New England striker Kei Kamara getting yellow-carded for a weekend goal celebration that included twerking. The Sier...
Oct 24, 2016
Ex-wife of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle sues company
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. - The ex-wife of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is suing the restaurant chain for damages, saying the company received at least three reports indicating his sexual interest in ch...
Oct 24, 2016
Five things about Belgium's holdout Walloons and the Canada-EU free trade deal
OTTAWA - The 3.5-million French-speaking Walloons of Belgium are standing in the way of the seven years of negotiations that led to the wide-ranging free trade deal between the 35 million people of Ca...
Oct 24, 2016

Quebec man facing deportation 20 years after crime gets two-year stay
LAVAL, Que. - The lawyer for a longtime Quebec resident facing deportation to his native Italy says Ottawa has granted his client a two-year stay. Michele Torre had been given a new deportation order ...
Oct 24, 2016

Obama administration confirms double-digit premium hikes
WASHINGTON - Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama’s health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer, the administration confirmed Monday. That&...
Oct 24, 2016

Toronto FC looks to leave playoff mark, starting with the Philadelphia Union
TORONTO - On the second floor of Toronto’s FC practice facility, three glass cases are built into the wall of a lounge next to the dining room. One contains the Voyageurs Cup, surrounded by phot...
Oct 24, 2016