Category Archives: Canadian Press
On Day 11, hockey players break record for longest game
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Fatigue gave way to emotion for Les Kuntar on Monday when he attempted to put into perspective spending the past 11 days playing one continuous hockey game. Standing at centre ice and ...
Jul 3, 2017
Toronto woman reunited with her stolen chihuahua service dog
TORONTO - A service dog named Princess has been reunited with her owner after being taken and missing for almost 20 hours in Toronto. Police say the dog was found three kilometres from where she was l...
Jul 3, 2017
Survey: US factory activity rises to near a 3-year high
WASHINGTON - U.S. factories expanded at a robust pace in June, a likely sign of strength for the U.S. economy as new orders, production and employment each improved. The Institute for Supply Managemen...
Jul 3, 2017
Construction spending flat in May
WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending was flat in May with homebuilding falling again, even as buyers face climbing prices and a shortage of available properties on the market. The Commerce Departme...
Jul 3, 2017
Canadian lacrosse's First Nations origins celebrated as sport turns 150
MONTREAL - It was a game of lacrosse like few get to see: a group of youths, shirtless and mostly barefoot, with no helmets or padding, racing after a leather ball with hand-made wooden sticks. There ...
Jul 3, 2017
'Nicer than most houses:' $200K luxury playhouses a thriving business
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Childhood was never like this. A company in southern Alberta has found an unexpected luxury market that involves the lifestyles of the rich and famous, their offspring and its own ...
Jul 3, 2017
SpaceX craft returns to Earth after 2nd space station trip
LOS ANGELES - A SpaceX Dragon capsule that brought supplies to the International Space Station has splashed down as planned in the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX announced on Twitter that the Dragon hit the wa...
Jul 3, 2017
Emergence of an East Coast boomtown: 'The timing is now for Halifax'
Halifax is booming, its skyline awash with construction cranes, and Ontario native Jesse Rodgers can tell you why. Rodgers, a veteran of Waterloo’s tech startup scene, moved to the Nova Scotia c...
Jul 3, 2017
Iran signs $5B gas deal with France's Total, Chinese firm
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Monday signed a $5 billion agreement with France’s Total SA and a Chinese oil company to develop its massive offshore natural gas field, the first such deal with foreign c...
Jul 3, 2017
Upper, middle and low-income Canadians worried about housing prices: poll
OTTAWA - Feel like a house in your city is unaffordable? Apparently, you’re not alone. A new poll suggests that just over two in five Canadians believe housing in this country is not affordable ...
Jul 3, 2017