Category Archives: Canadian Press
Hamonic dealt, few fireworks otherwise at first NHL draft in Chicago
CHICAGO - Most of the drama at the first ever draft in Chicago was gone after only one pick. After weeks of buzz around the Vegas Golden Knights, so-called protection lists, the expansion draft and a ...
Jun 24, 2017
Scheer names rookie MP as Quebec lieutenant
VICTORIAVILLE, Que. - Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has named a rookie MP as his Quebec lieutenant. Scheer announced Saturday that Alain Rayes will be his political lieutenant in the province. Ray...
Jun 24, 2017
Opera pops up at NYC garage, dive bar, basketball court
NEW YORK - Opera has been popping up recently at the most unlikely New York places: a revamped garage, a dive bar, a basketball court and even an old aircraft carrier, to name a few. It’s part o...
Jun 24, 2017
Scott Tupper leads Canada past China 7-3 at field hockey world league semi
LONDON - Captain Scott Tupper had a hat trick and Canada scored three goals in four minutes to start the second half and never looked back in a 7-3 win over China on Saturday at the 2017 field hockey ...
Jun 24, 2017
Professor to student mom: Just bring your baby to class
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A professor in Tennessee has a solution for a student who missed class after she couldn’t find someone to babysit her 3-year-old girl: Just bring the child to class. The Knoxv...
Jun 24, 2017
CIA chief: Intel leaks on the rise, cites leaker 'worship'
WASHINGTON - CIA Director Mike Pompeo says he thinks disclosure of America’s secret intelligence is on the rise, fueled partly by the “worship” of leakers like Edward Snowden. “...
Jun 24, 2017
Ohio agency finds evidence of racial complaints at UPS hub
MAUMEE, Ohio - The Ohio Civil Rights Commission says it has found evidence to support 25 complaints that UPS Inc. engaged in illegal discriminatory practices at an Ohio distribution centre. The Blade ...
Jun 24, 2017
Defenceman Travis Hamonic traded to Flames from Islanders at NHL draft for picks
CHICAGO - Within the span of two phone calls, the personal and professional lives of Travis Hamonic changed irrevocably. The first came from New York Islanders executive Garth Snow, the only general m...
Jun 24, 2017
Town settles with families of men in wrong burial plots
TIVERTON, R.I. - A Rhode Island town has reached a settlement with the families of two men who were buried in the wrong cemetery plots. A lawyer for one of the two families tells WPRI-TV (http://bit.l...
Jun 24, 2017
UAE: Arab states don't seek 'regime change' in Qatar
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A top United Arab Emirates official said Saturday the Arab countries isolating Qatar do not seek to force out the country’s leadership over allegations it supports ...
Jun 24, 2017