Category Archives: Canadian Press
Man remembers slain officer as an 'incredible person' after he was pulled over
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Warren Banks was driving home on Halloween wearing his costume - a brown cultist robe - when he was pulled over by a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C. It led to an encounter Banks ...
Nov 10, 2017
Orphan Well Association spending tops $2 million on care of Lexin assets
CALGARY - The cost of looking after hundreds of wells, pipelines and other oilfield gear left behind by bankrupt Lexin Resources Ltd. has exceeded $2 million and the bills continue to roll in, says Al...
Nov 10, 2017
'We were sitting ducks':100-year-old war veteran shares memories of Dieppe
MONTREAL - At age 100, Honorary Col. David Lloyd Hart still remembers every detail of the bloody and chaotic scene on the beach during the ill-fated Allied raid on Dieppe in 1942. Hart, a communicatio...
Nov 10, 2017
Washington's No. 1 economic priority is tax cuts, not NAFTA
WASHINGTON - A U.S. lawmaker dropped a remark this week that illustrated how NAFTA is not the No. 1 economic priority in Washington these days, obscured by another paramount prerogative. That issue is...
Nov 10, 2017
Egypt's IS affiliate kills 10 people in Sinai convoy attack
EL-ARISH, Egypt - Militants from an Islamic State affiliate ambushed a convoy of cement trucks late Thursday from an army factory in the central Sinai Peninsula, killing eight civilian employees and t...
Nov 10, 2017
'Dukes of Hazzard' star to face indecent assault charges
WALTHAM, Mass. - A former star of “The Dukes of Hazzard” accused of indecently assaulting two female members of a musical is facing a judge in Massachusetts. Tom Wopat will be arraigned Fr...
Nov 09, 2017
Canada trumpets progress on 'core elements' of new Trans-Pacific Partnership
DANANG, Vietnam - An agreement in principle on the Trans-Pacific Partnership appeared to inch closer to reality late Friday after a frenetic, confusing day of talks and media reports that bluntly blam...
Nov 09, 2017
Silfverberg's 2 goals lead Ducks past Canucks 4-1
ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Anaheim Ducks were missing more than just several injured players at the start of the season. Their power play had been all but absent, too. Not on Thursday night. Ranked next-to...
Nov 09, 2017
Leon grabs equalizer as Canada draws U.S. 1-1 in women's soccer friendly
VANCOUVER - Adriana Leon needed another look at the signature moment of her return the Canadian women’s national team. The striker from Mississauga, Ont., scored in the second half Thursday as C...
Nov 09, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Thursday’s Games NHL Minnesota 3 Montreal 0 Edmonton 3 New Jersey 2 OT Calgary 6 Detroit 3 Anaheim 4 Vancouver 1 Philadelphia 3 Chicago 1 St. Louis 3 Arizona 2 SO Tampa Bay 5 Los Angeles 2 ̵...
Nov 09, 2017