Category Archives: Canadian Press
Injured Team North America defenceman Aaron Ekblad sits out World Cup hockey game
TORONTO - Defenceman Aaron Ekblad sat out Team North America’s World Cup of Hockey game against Russia on Monday night due to an upper body injury. Winnipeg Jet Jacob Trouba dressed in place of ...
Sep 19, 2016
US must beat Canada to avoid elimination at World Cup
TORONTO - One game into the World Cup of Hockey, the United States is on the verge of elimination. The U.S. goes into its showdown against Canada on Tuesday night needing a victory to survive and give...
Sep 19, 2016
Scully heads into final week behind mic at Dodger Stadium
LOS ANGELES - As an 8-year-old in the Bronx, Vin Scully would grab a pillow, put it under his family’s four-legged radio and lay his head directly under the speaker to hear whatever college foot...
Sep 19, 2016
At least 13 countries seek to emulate Canada refugee-sponsor system: McCallum
UNITED NATIONS, United States - At least 13 countries have made inquiries about Canada’s private refugee-sponsoring system in the hope of potentially emulating it, the federal immigration minist...
Sep 19, 2016
Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta's climate plan warmly received in New York
NEW YORK - Premier Rachel Notley is in New York City touting Alberta’s climate change plan and trying to drum up investment in the province’s battered oilpatch. Notley said she told a dele...
Sep 19, 2016
Frank Lampard out 3-to-4 weeks after straining calf muscle
New York City FC says midfielder Frank Lampard is expected to be sidelined for three-to-four weeks after straining a muscle in his left calf. The team said Monday the injury was a low-grade strain of ...
Sep 19, 2016
Virginia governor spotted with Willie Nelson - and his weed
BRISTOW, Va. - Posing for pictures is part of every governor’s job. Posing with a can of marijuana - not so much. But Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe did just that, inadvertently, when he went to ...
Sep 19, 2016
Auditor General to examine what went wrong with new federal payroll system
OTTAWA - Auditor general Michael Ferguson has been asked to determine how a move to modernize the federal government’s payroll system turned into a fiasco in which more than 80,000 public servan...
Sep 19, 2016
Islamic State claiming attacks reflects influence obsession
CHICAGO - Islamic State militants rarely miss a chance, however tenuous the link, to claim at least partial credit for apparent terrorist attacks on U.S soil, from June’s deadly mass shooting at...
Sep 19, 2016
With some gas stations dry, pipeline works to send more fuel
ATLANTA - Gas prices spiked and drivers found “out of service” bags covering pumps as the gas shortage in the South rolled into the work week, raising fears that the scattered disruptions ...
Sep 19, 2016