Category Archives: Canadian Press
Crosby, Marchand and Price among the bright spots for Canada in Toronto
TORONTO - A wild rally in the final moments of regulation helped Canada capture a second straight World Cup of Hockey. Here are five things we learned from their triumph: 1. Sidney Crosby is on an inc...
Sep 30, 2016
Two people on a plane reported missing near Yellowknife found alive: military
YELLOWKNIFE - Two people who were on board a small plane that was reported missing in the Northwest Territories have been found alive. Dave Lavallee, a Royal Canadian Air Force spokesman, said the pai...
Sep 30, 2016
New Canadian bull-riding tour showcases 'the toughest sport on dirt'
TORONTO - Taking a rodeo show across Canada is like touring with a rock band. And if you’re running the PBR Monster Energy Canada Tour, you need bulls and a lot of dirt to do it. Some 45 tonnes ...
Sep 30, 2016
Costco to add seven stores in Canada in 2017; no decision on membership fee hike
MONTREAL - Costco says it will open seven locations in Canada next year after opening its first business centre this fall. The Washington State-based big-box retailer currently operates 91 stores acro...
Sep 30, 2016
$9,700 Rona Ambrose claimed was for condo before Stornoway, Tories say
OTTAWA - Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose is denying a media report that says she claimed additional accommodation expenses while she was also living at Stornoway, the taxpayer-funded official...
Sep 30, 2016
A look at leading Rogers publications Flare, Maclean's and Chatelaine
TORONTO - Canada’s venerable fashion magazine Flare and the news weekly Maclean’s are the latest casualties of dwindling print revenues. Rogers Media says it’s ending print editions ...
Sep 30, 2016
Pittsburgh symphony musicians reject pay cuts, go on strike
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians are on strike after unanimously rejecting calls for a 15 per cent pay cut, changes to their pension plan and staffing cuts they say management is proposing. The...
Sep 30, 2016
Brock U names new interim president after woman slated for job doesn't take post
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Ontario’s Brock University has named a new interim president a month after announcing that a woman who was to become the school’s first female president would not be...
Sep 30, 2016
University of New Brunswick adjourns appeal in women's hockey case
FREDERICTON - The University of New Brunswick is pausing the court battle against a ruling that ordered it to reinstate its women’s varsity hockey team. The ruling, by the Labour and Employment ...
Sep 30, 2016
Gerhard Richter painting owned by Clapton going up for sale
NEW YORK - A painting by the German artist Gerhard Richter owned by British singer-songwriter Eric Clapton is slated for auction. Christie’s is offering “Abstract Painting” in New Yo...
Sep 30, 2016