Category Archives: Canadian Press
Waiting for Guinness confirmation: Edmonton baseball game could be longest
EDMONTON - The longest baseball game ever may have been played in Edmonton on the long weekend. The 72-hour, 237-inning game still needs official confirmation from Guinness World Records. The marathon...
Sep 06, 2016
A look at the five biggest foreign takeovers by Canadian companies
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Houston-based Spectra Energy in a friendly, all-stock deal worth US$28 billion in what would be the largest foreign takeover by a Canadian company....
Sep 06, 2016
A look at the five biggest foreign takeovers by Canadian companies
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. has struck a deal to acquire Houston-based Spectra Energy in a friendly, all-stock deal worth US$28 billion in what would be the largest foreign takeover by a Canadian company....
Sep 06, 2016
Congress returns to battle over Zika, keep government open
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers returning to Washington after a seven-week break picked up right where they left off - feuding about legislation to battle the mosquito-borne Zika virus and deadlocked over the ...
Sep 06, 2016
Montreal taxi drivers planning to sue city for the right to wear black jeans
MONTREAL - A group of more than 100 Montreal taxi drivers announced Tuesday it will sue the city over the right to wear black jeans on the job. Cabbies say they will file an injunction in the coming d...
Sep 06, 2016
Montreal taxi drivers planning to sue city for the right to wear black jeans
MONTREAL - A group of more than 100 Montreal taxi drivers announced Tuesday it will sue the city over the right to wear black jeans on the job. Cabbies say they will file an injunction in the coming d...
Sep 06, 2016
Striker Drogba one of four players set to return for Montreal Impact
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have a clean bill of health and it couldn’t have come at a better time. As the race for post-season play in Major League Soccer heats up, four previously injured p...
Sep 06, 2016
Calgary neighbourhood tells tree planters to make like a tree and leaf
CALGARY - Protests over trees usually happen when they’re being cut down, but some Calgary residents are upset the city has planted saplings in a park across from their homes. Ian Burgess says s...
Sep 06, 2016
Calgary neighbourhood tells tree planters to make like a tree and leaf
CALGARY - Protests over trees usually happen when they’re being cut down, but some Calgary residents are upset the city has planted saplings in a park across from their homes. Ian Burgess says s...
Sep 06, 2016
'Canadian values' exist, but don't screen immigrants for them: Bernier
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier says the best way to promote Canadian values is to provide new immigrants with economic opportunities to help them integrate into society - no...
Sep 06, 2016