Category Archives: Canadian Press
Amazon adding 120,000 workers to meet holiday demand
NEW YORK - The holidays are coming and Amazon plans to add 120,000 seasonal workers in an effort to meet an expected spike in demand as more and more people trade bricks for clicks. The seasonal posit...
Oct 13, 2016
Obama's favourite sci-fi films include '2001,' 'Blade Runner'
LOS ANGELES - The cerebral interstellar saga “2001: A Space Odyssey” and the android drama “Blade Runner” are among President Barack Obama’s favourite sci-fi films and TV...
Oct 13, 2016
Something is happening: Bob Dylan wins Nobel in literature
NEW YORK - Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate. In the book world’s equivalent of a Supreme Court ruling, the Nobel judges declared Thursday that Dylan is not just a rock star but a poet of the very highe...
Oct 13, 2016
Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature prize
STOCKHOLM - Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In making the announcement today in Stockholm, the Nobel committee cited the legendary American singer-songwriter “for havi...
Oct 13, 2016
Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews's NHL debut among best in league history
Auston Matthews became the first player in NHL history to score four goals in his regular-season debut as the Toronto Maple Leafs fell 5-4 to the Ottawa Senators in overtime on Wednesday night. Matthe...
Oct 13, 2016
Vancouver home prices may have seen 'final hurrah,' Royal LePage says
TORONTO - Royal LePage CEO Phil Soper says house prices in Greater Vancouver grew 30.6 per cent year-over-year in the third quarter of the year, marking what may have been the real estate market’...
Oct 13, 2016
Richard Nixon museum makeover puts visitors in his shoes
YORBA LINDA, Calif. - Gone are the long rows of wood-framed display cases sprinkled with campaign paraphernalia and lengthy narratives about President Richard Nixon. Instead, the renovated Richard Nix...
Oct 13, 2016
Samsung Note 7 recall to cost at least $5.3 billion
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Samsung Electronics said Friday that the discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 would cost the company about $3 billion during the current and next quarters, bringing the tot...
Oct 13, 2016
Former Olympic heptathlon champ Jessica Ennis-Hill retires
SHEFFIELD, England - Former Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill announced her retirement from track and field on Thursday, ending the career of one of Britain’s most successful sports...
Oct 13, 2016
German court rejects complaint to suspend Canada-EU trade deal
BERLIN - Germany’s highest court has rejected calls from opponents of a Canada-European Union trade deal for an injunction that had the potential to spell an end to the pact. The Federal constit...
Oct 13, 2016