Category Archives: Canadian Press
Leafs star Matthews to miss game against Wild with lingering injury
Toronto forward Auston Matthews will miss his first NHL game on Wednesday night when the Maple Leafs host the Minnesota Wild. Matthews is listed day-to-day with an upper-body injury after appearing to...
Nov 08, 2017
Silence on Pacific Rim ministers' talks ahead of APEC summit
DANANG, Vietnam - Foreign and trade ministers of 21 Pacific Rim economies meeting in Danang, Vietnam, appeared to be struggling for a consensus on open markets and other strategic issues ahead of a re...
Nov 08, 2017
Volunteers track dead birds as indicator of coast's health
OCEAN SHORES, Wash. - Barbara Patton scans the expansive beach on Washington’s outer coast looking for telltale signs of dead seabirds: a feather sticking straight up, dark colours in the sand, ...
Nov 08, 2017
Latest shift in U.S. immigration policy prompts renewed Liberal outreach
OTTAWA - Liberal MPs are headed back to the U.S. to fend off a new surge of asylum seekers at the Canada-U.S. border following the latest move by the U.S. to tighten its immigration policy. The Trump ...
Nov 08, 2017
Saskatchewan police website hacked by apparent supporters of Islamic militants
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Police in Prince Albert, Sask., say no information or privacy breach occurred when their website was hacked by apparent supporters of ISIL. Staff discovered Wednesday morning th...
Nov 08, 2017
Coalition of licensed marijuana producers propose looser ad guidelines
A coalition of licensed marijuana producers are urging Canadian, provincial and territorial governments to adopt looser advertising guidelines such as allowing for promotion of brands, going against t...
Nov 08, 2017
There has been some thawing, but chill remains in Canada-US soccer rivalry
VANCOUVER - The feelings might not be as heated, the dislike not as intense, but there hasn’t been a total thaw in the rivalry between the Canadian and U.S. women’s national soccer teams. ...
Nov 08, 2017
Federal government names Shopify CEO to chair digital industries strategy group
OTTAWA - The federal government says the head of Shopify will chair a strategy group looking for ways to attract more high-tech jobs to the country. Tobias Lutke, founder and CEO of the company, will ...
Nov 08, 2017
Police in Ontario have now identified 2 of 3 people killed in fiery highway crash
COOKSTOWN, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police say they have now identified two of three people killed in a fiery pileup on a highway north of Toronto. Police say the coroner has identified a mini-van dr...
Nov 08, 2017
Swiss prosecutors won't pursue Polanski rape case
GENEVA - Swiss prosecutors say they won’t pursue an investigation of Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski over allegations by a German woman that he raped her when she was a teenager 45 years a...
Nov 08, 2017