Category Archives: Canadian Press
Abstaining from pot improves memory, ability to learn in young users: study
TORONTO - Adolescents and young adults who regularly use cannabis but stop for 30 days have better memory and an improved ability to learn compared to peers who continue to smoke, vape or ingest pot, ...
Oct 30, 2018
Trump to visit a Pittsburgh scarred by violence at synagogue
PITTSBURGH - To Marianne Novy, President Donald Trump isn’t wanted “unless he really changes his ways.” For David Dvir, politics should take a pause for grief: “It’s our ...
Oct 30, 2018
Americans roll at world championships, Canada impresses with fourth-place finish
DOHA, Qatar - Relaxed, relieved and with the gold medal the U.S. women’s gymnastics team flew halfway across the globe for secured, Morgan Hurd needed a break. So the 17-year-old hopped on the b...
Oct 30, 2018
Info on drug use was concealed in report on Hernandez death
BOSTON - A lawyer representing the family of Aaron Hernandez says investigators concealed information about possible drug use by the late NFL star just before his prison suicide. The Boston Globe repo...
Oct 30, 2018
St. John's to host Canada's final two qualifying games for basketball World Cup
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Canada will play its two final qualifying games for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup at the Mile One Centre in St. John’s, N.L. Canada Basketball announced the venue i...
Oct 30, 2018
Children still held in Syria because release too dangerous, Canada says
OTTAWA - Canada’s foreign ministry says it has opened a communication channel with the Kurdish jailers of Canadian children and their families in Syria, but hasn’t been able to secure thei...
Oct 30, 2018
Putin critic fights to remain in Canada, fears for safety if sent back to Russia
OTTAWA - A vocal opponent of the Russian government who fears for her life says Canada is about to deliver her into the hands of President Vladimir Putin’s secret police. Russian scientist Elena...
Oct 30, 2018
Prison watchdog slams investigation of deadly riot in Saskatchewan
OTTAWA - The Correctional Service of Canada told the public a story about a deadly 2016 riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary that didn’t match the findings of its own investigation, which was i...
Oct 30, 2018
Philadelphia's decadent 'Wing Bowl' no more after 26 years
Philadelphia’s annual decadent display of binge eating and bad behaviour known as Wing Bowl is over after 26 years. The event hosted by a sports radio station the Friday before the Super Bowl dr...
Oct 30, 2018
F1 driver Ericsson moving to IndyCar with Schmidt Peterson
INDIANAPOLIS - Sauber Formula One driver Marcus Ericsson will move to IndyCar in 2019 with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. The team plans to keep a seat for injured driver Robert Wickens. The team annou...
Oct 30, 2018