Category Archives: Canadian Press
Desmond, Flanagan, Graney on Frick Award ballot
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Former New York Yankees and Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers broadcaster Connie Desmond is among eight candidates for the Hall of Fame’s 2019 Ford Frick Award for excellence in ba...
Oct 22, 2018
Toronto police have shut down 11 unlicensed pot shops since legalization
TORONTO - A total of 11 unlicensed marijuana dispensaries have been shut down in Toronto since recreational cannabis became legal last week, police said Monday. Twenty-one people have been charged and...
Oct 22, 2018
Online maps show impact of climate change on Canada's boreal forests
WINNIPEG - New online maps let viewers zero in on how climate change will affect their part of Canada’s boreal forest. “It’s designed to give information that’s relevant to peo...
Oct 22, 2018
Judge: Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in ex-lawyer's suit
LOS ANGELES - Porn actress Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85 million to an attorney who worked at his former law firm, a California judge ruled Monday in an order that holds...
Oct 22, 2018
Avs winger Landeskog, Oilers centre McDavid, Knights goalie Fleury named NHL 3 stars
NEW YORK - Colorado Avalanche winger Gabriel Landeskog, Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid and Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Landesk...
Oct 22, 2018
Clement says Canada should use Magnitsky Act sanctions in Khashoggi case
OTTAWA - Canada should invoke the new Magnitsky Act to sanction those responsible for the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the official Opposition said Monday. Conservative justi...
Oct 22, 2018
Customers raise concerns over 'excessive' legal cannabis packaging
HALIFAX - Some cannabis buyers are complaining the bulky packaging is environmentally unfriendly, but producers say government guidelines are to blame. Greg MacLean, who picked up some newly legal can...
Oct 22, 2018
Former MLB star Dykstra pleads not guilty to threat charge
ELIZABETH, N.J. - Ex-Major League Baseball player Lenny Dykstra pleaded not guilty Monday to drug and terroristic threat charges stemming from an altercation with an Uber driver. The three-time All-St...
Oct 22, 2018
Cash back for the carbon tax: Trudeau set to unveil rebate plan Tuesday
OTTAWA - The federal government will take some of the sting out of its upcoming carbon tax Tuesday with a promise to give rebates directly to Canadians. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Toront...
Oct 22, 2018
Report casts doubt on value of protecting Chapter 19 in Cda-US trade talks
WASHINGTON - The dispute-resolution tool that consumed so much energy during NAFTA talks with the United States has a middling record of defending Canadian exporters, a new think-tank report says - ra...
Oct 22, 2018