Category Archives: Canadian Press
Eight stories in the news today, Oct. 4
Eight stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 4 --- VANCOUVER REALTORS PREDICT SALES DATA TO SHOW DROP Realtors are predicting a steep decline in detached-home sales when the Real Estate Board of Greate...
Oct 04, 2016
Ecofiscal commission report says its time to drop costly biofuels subsidies
OTTAWA - A blue-chip group of economists says federal and provincial government biofuel subsidies are an expensive experiment and it’s time to let them expire. A study released Tuesday by Canada...
Oct 04, 2016
Vancouver home sales plunged nearly 33% last month, real estate board says
VANCOUVER - Home prices in Metro Vancouver’s once-surging real estate market are on the cusp of falling, housing experts say, as new figures show another month of plunging home sales in the regi...
Oct 04, 2016
Sentence hearing resumes for concert promoter in $200M fraud
MIAMI - A sentencing hearing is resuming for a former concert promoter convicted in a fraud scheme that fleeced thousands of investors out of $200 million. The hearing for 73-year-old Jack Utsick ente...
Oct 04, 2016
Video of Los Angeles police shooting shows suspect with gun
LOS ANGELES - Video released Tuesday shows a black man killed by Los Angeles police was armed just before he was shot dead but the footage failed to capture him when officers say he twice turned towar...
Oct 04, 2016
Kaine attacks, Pence fights back in vigorous VP debate
FARMVILLE, Va. - Democrat Tim Kaine aggressively challenged Republican Mike Pence over a long list of Donald Trump’s controversial positions and statements Tuesday night, drawing a vigorous defe...
Oct 04, 2016
Experts: No clear criminal case over Trump tax disclosure
NEW YORK - Donald Trump tax documents were published without his permission in The New York Times, but that doesn’t necessarily make for a clear-cut criminal case against the newspaper or its so...
Oct 03, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games NFL Minnesota 24 N.Y. Giants 10 — NHL Pre-season Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Rangers 3 (OT) Washington 2 St. Louis 1 (SO) N.Y. Islanders 4 New Jersey 3 Winnipeg 4 Ottawa 2 Arizona 4...
Oct 03, 2016
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NFL Minnesota 24 N.Y. Giants 10 — NHL Pre-season Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Rangers 3 (OT) Washington 2 St. Louis 1 (SO) N.Y. Islanders 4 New Jersey 3 Winnipeg 4 Ottawa 2 Arizona 4...
Oct 03, 2016
Coyotes score three times on the power play, down Canucks in pre-season action
VANCOUVER - Ben Hutton was last season’s training camp surprise for the Vancouver Canucks. The second-year defenceman showed his offensive potential in one burst on Monday night. Hutton grabbed ...
Oct 03, 2016