Category Archives: Canadian Press
Cree suspect Hydro-Quebec behind disappearance of local geese, eelgrass meadows
When children of the James Bay Cree grow old enough to hunt, their elders take them for a Walking Out. “It’s the first time a child touches the ground, the first time meeting Mother Nature...
Mar 18, 2018
'Experience is departing:' Alberta prosecutors worried as numbers dwindle
CALGARY - A provincial wage freeze and increased caseloads resulting from a Supreme Court of Canada ruling are making it difficult to recruit new prosecutors to fill Alberta’s dwindling ranks, s...
Mar 18, 2018
Canadian Paralympic team picked up Olympic baton, capturing record 28 medals
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - On the night Canada’s curlers lost a last-rock heartbreaker in the Paralympic semifinals, hockey player Billy Bridges was waiting up for them when they returned...
Mar 18, 2018
Four Chinese pandas to be moved to Calgary after 5 years in Toronto
TORONTO - Today is the latest chance to see the giant pandas at the Toronto Zoo before the bears head west to Calgary. Two of the pandas - Da Mao and Er Shun - arrived at the zoo on loan from China in...
Mar 18, 2018
TSB probing death on cargo ship in eastern Quebec
PORT-DANIEL-GASCONS, Que. - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is sending a team to Quebec to investigate a fatality aboard a cargo ship. Few details have been disclosed, but it’s believe...
Mar 18, 2018
Canada's oldest St. Patrick's Day parade set for Montreal
MONTREAL - Downtown Montreal will be awash in green today as the city stages its 195th edition of the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Tens of thousands of people are expected to line the streets to wa...
Mar 18, 2018
Bark Bracket: Retrievers become top dogs, boosted by UMBC
They’re now at the top of the Bark Bracket. Very good dog, you Retrievers! In a sport full of Bulldogs, Huskies and Terriers, a new breed is suddenly ruling the NCAA basketball tournament - and ...
Mar 18, 2018
Canada lose to rival Americans 2-1 in OT to cap Pyeongchang Paralympics
GANGNEUNG,, Korea, Republic Of - Thirty-eight seconds separated Canada’s Para hockey team and the gold medal the Canadians had been chasing for 12 long years. But gold went to the Americans, and...
Mar 17, 2018
Saturday's Games
Saturday’s Games NHL Buffalo 5 Chicago 3 Edmonton 4 Florida 2 New Jersey 3 Los Angeles 0 Toronto 4 Montreal 0 Philadelphia 4 Carolina 2 Columbus 2 Ottawa 1 Boston 3 Tampa Bay 0 St. Louis 4 N.Y. ...
Mar 17, 2018
Timo Meier scores twice, including winner, as Sharks beat Canucks 5-3
VANCOUVER - There were a couple of wrinkles to the plot, but two familiar scripts played out in the San Jose Sharks’ 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks Saturday night. The Sharks allowed an unch...
Mar 17, 2018