Category Archives: Canadian Press

Blue Jays only serving beer in cups after beer can throwing incident
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will not be serving beer in cans at the Rogers Centre for the rest of the post-season after a can was thrown on the field at a game against the Baltimore Orioles last w...
Oct 09, 2016
Record 1,201 couples renew wedding vows in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - A record 1,201 couples have renewed their wedding vows at a ceremony on the campus of Western Michigan University. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2dXf2Y5 ) a Guinness ...
Oct 09, 2016
Star Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan takes silver at Finlandia Trophy
ESPOO, Finland - Patrick Chan won the silver medal on Sunday in men’s competition at the Finlandia Trophy figure skating competition. The three-time world champion from Toronto finished with a s...
Oct 09, 2016
Analysis: Why are Republicans dropping Trump now?
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Why now? And why this? For the legion of Republicans who abandoned Donald Trump on Saturday, recoiling in horror from comments their party’s White House nominee made about using...
Oct 09, 2016
Three killed after pickup truck crashes into northern Ontario river
ATIKOKAN, Ont. - Police are identifying the three people who were killed after a pickup truck crashed in northern Ontario. Investigators say the truck drove through a low concrete barrier, went airbor...
Oct 09, 2016
Canadian star Milos Raonic qualifies for season-ending ATP Finals tournament
LONDON - Milos Raonic has qualified for the ATP World Tour Finals for the second time in his career. Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., became the fourth player this season to qualify for the year-ending t...
Oct 09, 2016
Prairie farmers take financial hit as oil and gas slowdown stalls drilling rigs
CALGARY - For 56-year-old farmer Shannon Webb, waking up Friday to six inches of snow coating his grain fields near Wynyard, Sask., the frustration of an interrupted harvest wins out, for now, over wo...
Oct 09, 2016
NewsAlert: North Carolina faces 'major destruction' from hurricane; 7 dead
WILMINGTON, United States - The governor of North Carolina says the state faces “major destruction” from Hurricane Matthew. There have been seven storm fatalities in the state. More to com...
Oct 09, 2016
GenForward Poll: Half of black youth face job discrimination
WASHINGTON - Qymana Botts saw white colleagues with the same amount of experience getting promoted to cashier ahead of her at the Indiana discount store where she worked. When she asked her supervisor...
Oct 09, 2016
Quebec group rallies to save abandoned mine threatened with demolition
MONTREAL - A “spectacular” abandoned mine in western Quebec has become so popular with tourists the provincial government is considering demolishing it, says a citizens group. The abandone...
Oct 09, 2016