Category Archives: Canadian Press
Discount ticket service MoviePass raises prices by 50 pct
NEW YORK - MoviePass, the discount service for movie tickets, is raising prices by 50 per cent and barring viewings of most major releases during the first two weeks. The new $15-a-month rate for up t...
Jul 31, 2018
White House chief of staff to stick around for now
WASHINGTON - White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has for now quieted reports that he will exit the administration, staying on as an increasingly diminished sidekick after his early days as a strong ...
Jul 31, 2018
Memo to Morneau raises questions about business battle between hotels, Airbnb
OTTAWA - Newly released documents to Canada’s finance minister suggest traditional hotels in two of Canada’s biggest cities have not fared badly as they face rising competition from online...
Jul 31, 2018
Two surviving Dionne quintuplets to visit log cabin where they were born
The two surviving Dionne quintuplets will be returning this week to the log cabin where they were born 84 years ago for a ceremony marking their birth as an event of national historic significance. A ...
Jul 31, 2018
NHL Commissioner says league wants cut of gambling action
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league wants a cut of gambling profits if its intellectual property, data or video from games are used. Bettman tells guest host Larry Lage in the in the latest ...
Jul 31, 2018
Reilly, Ward and Santos-Knox named CFL top performers for Week 7
TORONTO - Edmonton quarterback Mike Reilly, Ottawa kicker Lewis Ward and Winnipeg linebacker Jovan Santos-Knox are the CFL top performers for Week 7. Reilly threw for 415 yards and four touchdowns as ...
Jul 31, 2018
Fire damages P.E.I. landmark and tourist destination Green Gables post office
CAVENDISH, P.E.I. - A popular Prince Edward Island landmark and historic post office that pays homage to the home of “Anne of Green Gables” author Lucy Maud Montgomery has been damaged by ...
Jul 31, 2018
Jermaine Dupri announces So So Def 25th anniversary tour
ATLANTA - Rap mogul Jermaine Dupri will celebrate his groundbreaking record label So So Def with a multi-city anniversary concert tour. Dupri told The Associated Press on Monday that The So So Def 25t...
Jul 31, 2018
Search suspended for entangled right whale in Bay of Fundy because of fog
GRAND MANAN, N.B. - An entangled North Atlantic right whale spotted in the Bay of Fundy is proving elusive for rescue crews trying to find it. Heavy fog forced searchers to suspend their hunt Tuesday,...
Jul 31, 2018
Death on N.B. First Nation not considered a criminal matter: Mounties
ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION, N.B. - Police say they don’t believe criminality was involved in the death of a 22-year-old woman on a New Brunswick First Nation last weekend. Police found the woman...
Jul 31, 2018