Category Archives: Canadian Press

Fox News' recently named co-presidents sign new contracts
NEW YORK - Fox News co-presidents Jack Abernethy and Bill Shine have signed new long-term contracts. Rupert Murdoch made the announcement on Wednesday. Murdoch is the executive chairman of Fox News an...
Sep 14, 2016

Daly: NHL adding more concussion spotters for this season
WASHINGTON - The NHL is overhauling its concussion monitoring system. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said the league will have four concussion spotters watching all games from a centralized location in...
Sep 14, 2016
Czech Republic nips North America 3-2 in World Cup
PITTSBURGH - Matt Murray spent the end of his rookie season helping the Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup. The goaltender is ready for an entirely different challenge for Team North America duri...
Sep 14, 2016
ESPN to broadcast drone racing
Look! Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a drone, able to zoom at breakneck speeds through a complex three-dimensional obstacle course. And it’s coming to your ...
Sep 14, 2016

B.C. Lions look to hand league-leading Calgary Stampeders first home loss
Chris Rainey and the B.C. Lions will try to do what no other CFL team could this season: Beat the Calgary Stampeders at home. Calgary hosts B.C. in the West Division final Sunday. Not only did the Sta...
Sep 14, 2016
Mel Brooks, Morgan Freeman to get National Medal of Arts
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will honour actors Mel Brooks and Morgan Freeman with the 2015 National Medal of Arts, the White House said Wednesday. The artists and other leading creative figure...
Sep 14, 2016
TV's new 'Star Trek' takeoff delayed until May 2017
LOS ANGELES - The latest TV edition of “Star Trek” is launching a few months later than planned. Streaming service CBS All Access said Wednesday that “Star Trek: Discovery” wil...
Sep 14, 2016
Scotiabank defends practices to verify incomes before granting mortgages
TORONTO - Scotiabank is defending its income verification practices in light of a report that says Canadian banks allow foreign borrowers to qualify for mortgages without having to prove the source of...
Sep 14, 2016
NYC to pull plug on sidewalk internet after porn complaints
NEW YORK - The web-browsing feature of New York City’s sidewalk Wi-Fi kiosks will be disabled after critics complained that homeless people were monopolizing them and using them to watch porn, o...
Sep 14, 2016
Hayley Wickenheiser says metal-filled foot progressing towards 2018 Olympics
CALGARY - Hayley Wickenheiser says her left foot is an Olympic foot. The Canadian women’s hockey team veteran put her surgically-repaired foot, with its metal plate and eight screws, to the test...
Sep 14, 2016