Category Archives: Canadian Press

Toronto area's home sales, average prices hit record highs in August
TORONTO - Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area hit a record last month as fewer homeowners put their properties up for sale, the city’s real estate board said Wednesday. The Toronto Real Estat...
Sep 07, 2016

Bank of Canada raises concerns about economy, holds interest rate at 0.5%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada struck a note of caution Wednesday as it held its key interest rate target steady at 0.5 per cent and raised concerns after the export sector disappointed earlier this year...
Sep 07, 2016
Trump promises huge boost in military spending
PHILADELPHIA - Republican Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to boost defence spending and deploy more active troops, fighter planes, Navy ships and submarines as he works to convince skeptics in both parti...
Sep 07, 2016
Merkel: Migrant situation in Germany 'many times better'
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday defended her government’s handling of the flood of migrants that crossed into Germany last year, but conceded that more still needs to be done and ...
Sep 07, 2016
UNICEF says 28 million children uprooted by global conflict
Some 28 million children around the globe have been driven from their homes by violent conflict, with nearly as many abandoning their homes in search of a better life, according to a UNICEF report rel...
Sep 07, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games Men’s World Cup Qualifying Canada 3 El Salvador 1 — MLB American N.Y. Yankees 7 Toronto 6 Houston 4 Cleveland 3 Baltimore 11 Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 2 Detroit 0...
Sep 07, 2016
Tuesday's Games
Tuesday’s Games Men’s World Cup Qualifying Canada 3 El Salvador 1 — MLB American N.Y. Yankees 7 Toronto 6 Houston 4 Cleveland 3 Baltimore 11 Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 2 Detroit 0...
Sep 07, 2016

Newton on path toward Mexico's border with Arizona
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Newton was rapidly weakening as a tropical storm on Wednesday after slamming the resorts of Mexico’s southern Baja as a hurricane and making landfall on the country̵...
Sep 06, 2016

Canada beats El Salvador, but fails to advance in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying
VANCOUVER - Canada’s last-dash hopes of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia have ended. Cyle Larin, Nikolas Ledgerwood and David Edgar all scored for the Canadian men’s soccer...
Sep 06, 2016
Gardner makes leaping catch for last out, Yanks stop Jays
NEW YORK - If the New York Yankees reach the playoffs, they’ll long remember this catch by Brett Gardner. Two outs in the ninth inning, bases loaded, one-run lead. Does it get much better? Gardn...
Sep 06, 2016