Category Archives: Canadian Press
Airlines cancel hundreds of flights as hurricane hits US
Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights for Thursday and again Friday as Hurricane Matthew pelted the Florida coast with high winds and heavy rain. The Fort Lauderdale airport shut down on Thursday mor...
Oct 06, 2016
Pens will be challenged in East by threats from Caps, Bolts, Panthers
The Pittsburgh Penguins looked nothing like a threat to win the Eastern Conference, let alone a Stanley Cup, when Mike Johnston was fired in mid-December. That changed when Mike Sullivan spurred a tur...
Oct 06, 2016
'Ripped out of my classroom:' But Jewish groups pleased over prof's suspension
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A longtime university professor whose online comments about the Holocaust and Israel have angered Jewish groups says his suspension undermines academic freedom and is unfair to stu...
Oct 06, 2016
US wants to strengthen agreement to ban Arctic Ocean fishing
PORTLAND, Maine - The United States is trying to broker an agreement between a host of nations to prohibit unregulated fishing in the international waters of the Arctic Ocean. Such an agreement would ...
Oct 06, 2016
Barber joins list of Canadians involved in 'party drug' controversies
TORONTO - World champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber has been stripped of his 2016 Canadian title after he tested positive for trace amounts of cocaine. According to the ruling from the Sport Dispute Re...
Oct 06, 2016
Police in St. John's seek info on posters warning parents about 'sex offender'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police in Newfoundland are looking for information about posters put up near two schools in St. John’s warning parents about an alleged sex offender. They include a phot...
Oct 06, 2016
Arctic warms: Some territories now open to carbon tax talk, want break for North
The Arctic may be warming to the federal government’s plan to implement a national carbon tax. All three territorial leaders were firmly opposed to any talk of a price on carbon just months ago ...
Oct 06, 2016
Judge orders eBay to pay Montrealers $86,700 after cancelling sneaker auction
MONTREAL - A judge has ordered eBay to pay two Montreal brothers more than $86,000 after the online auction giant took down their advertisement for a pair of highly prized Nike sneakers. Kevin Mofo Mo...
Oct 06, 2016
Obama honours Stanley Cup winners at White House
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama honoured the Pittsburgh Penguins at the White House on Thursday for completing what he described as one of the most remarkable turnarounds in the history of th...
Oct 06, 2016
'No current risk' after mosquito that can transmit Zika found in Ont.: officials
WINDSOR, Ont. - Health officials say there’s “no current risk” after a mosquito species capable of transmitting the Zika virus to humans was found in the Windsor, Ont., area. Four Ae...
Oct 06, 2016