Category Archives: Canadian Press

Days after buying Time Warner, AT&T launches new TV service
NEW YORK - AT&T is launching a new streaming service incorporating television networks from the Time Warner company it just bought. The WatchTV service, a cable-like package of more than 30 TV cha...
Jun 21, 2018

Alberta runner Dave Proctor attempting cross-Canada speed record
CALGARY - Dave Proctor will soon dip his white cowboy hat into the Pacific Ocean and start his quest to run to the Atlantic in record time. Proctor intends to break the speed record for running across...
Jun 21, 2018

Reduce taxes, fees to help grow Canada's airline industry, lower prices: study
MONTREAL - A new study suggests federal and provincial governments can help ease some of the frustrations of travellers and grow the country’s air transport sector by reducing taxes and fees imp...
Jun 21, 2018

Envoy: Filmmaker on hunger strike has heart, kidney problems
MOSCOW - Ukraine’s human rights envoy said Thursday that jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has heart and kidney problems after a hunger strike lasting more than a month. Lyudmila Denisova ...
Jun 21, 2018

In the news today, June 21
Five stories in the news for Thursday, June 21 --- 10-17 IS THE NEW 4-20 Canadians will have to wait until Oct. 17 - one month longer than expected - before they’ll be able to legally purchase a...
Jun 21, 2018

What makes a beer a beer? Feds brew changes to national beer standards
OTTAWA - Your beer is about to undergo a government makeover. Federal officials are proposing changes to national beer standards that would widen the number of ingredients permitted in a pint and coul...
Jun 21, 2018
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games (All Times Eastern) World Cup At Kazan Russia Portugal 1 Morocco 0 At Rostov-on-Don Russia Uruguay 1 Saudi Arabia 0 At Kazan Russia Spain 1 Iran 0 — MLB Interleague Toron...
Jun 20, 2018

Schools mum on ties to doc in sex abuse inquiry
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A now-dead doctor accused of sexual misconduct by former student athletes at Ohio State University said he acted as a team physician at other universities, most of which won’t s...
Jun 20, 2018
Taylor lifts Ottawa over Blainville in first leg of Canadian Championship qualifying
LAVAL, Que. - Ottawa Fury FC opened the second round of the Canadian Championship with a 1-0 road win over AS Blainville on Wednesday. Tony Taylor’s goal in the first minute of the opening leg w...
Jun 20, 2018

Hall wins Hart Trophy as NHL MVP on a night hockey reflects on three tragedies
LAS VEGAS - Taylor Hall was a nervous wreck as the NHL Awards approached its climax. When 10 surviving Humboldt Broncos, including two in wheelchairs, took their place on stage ahead of an emotional v...
Jun 20, 2018