Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian space sleuth discovers NASA satellite not a 'piece of space junk'
ROBERTS CREEK, B.C. - An amateur astronomer in British Columbia has made a discovery that has gained the attention of NASA. Scott Tilley, a 47-year-old electrical technologist, sneaks time away from h...
Feb 01, 2018
28 Russians have Olympic doping bans lifted
MOSCOW - Twenty-eight Russian athletes had their Olympic doping bans overturned Thursday, throwing the International Olympic Committee’s policy on the country into turmoil. The Court of Arbitrat...
Feb 01, 2018
Fire kills 11 in dormitory for Japanese welfare recipients
TOKYO - A fire engulfed a group home for welfare recipients in northern Japan, killing 11 people and injuring three, police and fire officials said Thursday. Fire department officials said the residen...
Feb 01, 2018
UN official says Rohingya crisis has 'hallmarks of genocide'
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The U.N. special envoy on human rights in Myanmar said Thursday that the Myanmar military’s violent operations against Rohingya Muslims bear “the hallmarks of a...
Jan 31, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games NHL Toronto 5 N.Y. Islanders 0 Detroit 2 San Jose 1 (SO) Washington 5 Philadelphia 3 — NBA Indiana 105 Memphis 101 Orlando 127 L.A. Lakers 105 Brooklyn 116 Philadelphia 1...
Jan 31, 2018
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games NHL Toronto 5 N.Y. Islanders 0 Detroit 2 San Jose 1 (SO) Washington 5 Philadelphia 3 — NBA Indiana 105 Memphis 101 Orlando 127 L.A. Lakers 105 Brooklyn 116 Philadelphia 1...
Jan 31, 2018
Report: Women unnecessarily suffering from heart disease due to lack of research
OTTAWA - A new report from the Heart and Stroke Foundation says Canadian women are “unnecessarily suffering and dying from heart disease” because of a system that is ill-equipped to diagno...
Jan 31, 2018
Holl scores first NHL goal hours after call up from minors, Leafs beat Islanders
TORONTO - Justin Holl walked into Air Canada Centre on his own a couple hours before puck drop Wednesday night, with his minor league equipment bag and a bundle of sticks in his hands. He originally e...
Jan 31, 2018
Workers at third Toronto hotel vote to leave U.S. union to join Unifor
TORONTO - Unifor says workers at a third Toronto hotel are joining the labour group after voting by a margin of 90 per cent to leave an American-based union. The vote by workers at the Toronto Westin ...
Jan 31, 2018
Immigrant couple donates $60M fortune as Arctic prize: 'It's really all we have'
OTTAWA - A Canadian couple says their decision to donate $60 million -the bulk of their wealth - to a fund aimed at promoting Arctic innovation was inspired by a deep love for the Far North and the pe...
Jan 31, 2018