Category Archives: Canadian Press
Oilers link up with stars of past as they launch era of new downtown arena
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers launched the new era of their shiny, silver curvilinear rink Wednesday by linking it to their glittering past. Past greats Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier - from the team...
Oct 12, 2016
Senators need to work on defence despite 5-4 overtime win over Maple Leafs
OTTAWA - New Ottawa Senators head coach Guy Boucher has been telling everyone that his team is going to be solid defensively, more so than they were last season. Judging from Ottawa’s 5-4 overti...
Oct 12, 2016
The Latest: Nicole strengthens into Category 4 hurricane
MIAMI - The Latest on Hurricane Nicole (all times local): 11 p.m. Forecasters say an “extremely dangerous” Hurricane Nicole has strengthened into a Category 4 storm headed for Bermuda. The...
Oct 12, 2016
Private autopsy: Man killed by police shot in back, abdomen
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A black man shot and killed by a North Carolina police officer last month suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen, according to results released Wednesday from an indep...
Oct 12, 2016
Activists clash with Portland police as council OKs contract
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police used pepper spray and arrested 10 people as demonstrators stormed City Hall in Portland, Oregon, Wednesday trying to stop the City Council from voting on a new police contract ...
Oct 12, 2016
Satanic Temple asks city council for OK to give invocation
BOSTON - Satanists want to give their blessings to city leaders in Boston. The Boston Globe reports (http://bit.ly/2e6MxXY) a local chapter of the Satanic Temple is asking the City Council for permiss...
Oct 12, 2016
Elephant seal sets record by swimming farthest west
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Researchers with the University of California, Santa Cruz say an elephant seal has set a record by swimming farther west than any other tracked elephant seal. UC Santa Cruz offici...
Oct 12, 2016
Condor chick born in wild flies from nest at California park
PAICINES, Calif. - A California condor chick has hatched in the wild, survived and flown out of its nest at Pinnacles National Park for the first time since the 1890s, officials said Wednesday. The Sa...
Oct 12, 2016
Official: Plane crash appears to be suicide try; 1 dead
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - A flight instructor and a student pilot had an altercation inside the cockpit of a small plane, and the instructor was unable to regain control from the trainee before the plane...
Oct 12, 2016
2 women tell paper Trump touched them inappropriately
WASHINGTON - Two women tell The New York Times that Donald Trump touched them inappropriately - groping a woman in one instance and kissing a woman in another - during separate encounters that took pl...
Oct 12, 2016