Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian teenager Adonijah Reid signs with Le Havre in French second tier
Canadian teenager Adonijah Reid has joined Le Havre AC in the French second tier. FC Dallas took Reid in the second round (40th overall) of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, loaning him to Ottawa Fury FC of th...
Jan 31, 2019
Canadian men's rugby team looks for revenge over Uruguay in ARC tournament opener
A 15-point win over Uruguay on Saturday and the Canadian men’s rugby team can vault three places to No. 17 in the world rugby rankings, its highest position since June 2016. But it’s a tou...
Jan 31, 2019
Lowry joins Toronto Raptors teammate Leonard in NBA all-star game in Charlotte
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry has earned his fifth consecutive NBA all-star selection, joining teammate Kawhi Leonard. Lowry was among the 14 players selected Thursday night by the league’s h...
Jan 31, 2019
Mother accused of murdering daughters may have had 'dissociative episode,' trial hears
LAVAL, Que. - A psychiatrist who testified in defence of a Quebec mother on trial for the deaths of her two daughters said she appeared to have been having a “dissociative episode” the day...
Jan 31, 2019
Bitter cold and natural gas shortages shutter auto plants
DETROIT - Auto plants and other big energy users throughout Southeast Michigan had to shut down or limit operations Thursday due to a natural gas shortage caused by a fire and frigid weather. At least...
Jan 31, 2019
Facebook says Apple is restoring a key developer tool
NEW YORK - Facebook says Apple is restoring its access to a key development tool that the iPhone maker disabled Wednesday. Late Tuesday, TechCrunch reported that Facebook paid teens and other users wh...
Jan 31, 2019
Experts predict another challenging year for dairy farmers
ESSEX, Vt. - The country’s dairy farmers are in for another challenging year with milk farm prices only expected to improve slightly, following four straight years of low prices, experts said Th...
Jan 31, 2019
A robust US job market likely defied shutdown during January
WASHINGTON - U.S. employers likely kept adding jobs at a healthy pace in January even in the face of threats ranging from weakening global growth to the Trump administration’s trade war with Chi...
Jan 31, 2019
Airbnb criticizes Hawaii attempt to subpoena host records
HONOLULU - Airbnb is pushing back against Hawaii’s attempt to find tax delinquents by subpoenaing 10 years’ worth of invoices, receipts and other records from the home-sharing platformR...
Jan 31, 2019
Trump plan would channel prescription discounts to patients
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration Thursday unveiled a plan to channel now-hidden prescription drug discounts directly to patients, saying that would eventually lower prices for consumers. The prop...
Jan 31, 2019