Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canucks top pick Hughes excited to hit ice for first time with new team
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks’ top pick in this year’s NHL draft wasn’t about to let an illness keep him off the ice all week. Defenceman Quinn Hughes, who missed the first day o...
Jul 3, 2018
England finally wins penalty shootout at World Cup
MOSCOW - After three haunting failures, England finally won a penalty shootout at the World Cup. And it happened under a coach who for 22 years has taken the blame for a previous shootout loss at a ma...
Jul 3, 2018
Edmonton Eskimos running back C.J. Gable gives team big boost on ground
EDMONTON - C.J. Gable just might be the missing piece for the Edmonton Eskimos. While the Eskimos have had some terrific running backs over the years, they haven’t employed a 1,000-yard workhors...
Jul 3, 2018
Quebec to permit personalized licence plates by the end of the month
MONTREAL - After years of waiting, Quebecers will finally be able to advertise their name, passions or interests for all to see on the licence plate of their vehicles. The Quebec government announced ...
Jul 3, 2018
American musician pulls out of Montreal jazz fest because of controversial show
MONTREAL - American musician Moses Sumney has pulled out of the Montreal International Jazz Festival because of a controversial show that is directed by a white man and features a white woman singing ...
Jul 3, 2018
Parental action, water safety classes key at preventing drownings: expert
A recent spate of drowning incidents in Ontario and Quebec has led to renewed calls for more vigilance around water and making swimming lessons part of the school curriculum. The issue was top of mind...
Jul 3, 2018
Canadian divers hold out hope as Thai soccer team awaits rescue from cave
An Alberta-based explorer who was trapped in a partly flooded cave for days says her heart goes out to the members of a boys’ soccer team as they await rescue from an underground cavern in Thail...
Jul 3, 2018
B.C. taps researchers to explore how basic income could work in the province
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has asked a team of experts to explore how providing people with a basic income could work in the province. Prof. David Green, an economist at the University of British Co...
Jul 3, 2018
Climate change not one heat wave, but a pattern of extremes: scientist
OTTAWA - The scorching heat wave that set records in Ontario and Quebec over the Canada Day long weekend can’t be directly attributed to climate change - but neither can the likelihood of a conn...
Jul 3, 2018
Toronto Maple Leafs trade veteran forward Matt Martin to New York Islanders
TORONTO - Matt Martin is going back to the New York Islanders. The Toronto Maple Leafs have dealt the feisty forward to the Islanders, who drafted the Windsor, Ont., native in 2008. The Leafs get mino...
Jul 3, 2018