Category Archives: Canadian Press
New Zealand test rocket makes it to space but not to orbit
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - California-based company Rocket Lab said Thursday it had launched a test rocket into space from its New Zealand launch pad, although the rocket didn’t reach orbit as ho...
May 25, 2017
Florida woman finds python while doing laundry
COCOA, Fla. - Another day, another python in Florida. This time a woman found a python wrapped around her pet rat’s blanket while she was doing laundry. Juanita Tedesco called police after spott...
May 25, 2017
OPEC extends output cut, but big oil price increase unlikely
VIENNA - An alliance of many of the world’s biggest oil-producing nations extended their agreement to cut output for an additional nine months - an effort to support prices that will prove diffi...
May 25, 2017
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has plenty riding on Game 7 vs. Senators
PITTSBURGH - Sidney Crosby was his usual cool self as he prepared for another monumental game in his already storied career. “You’ve got to refocus,” said the 29-year-old moments aft...
May 25, 2017
Memorial Cup Flashback: Huberdeau, Sea Dogs win first and only Memorial Cup
WINDSOR, Ont. - Jonathan Huberdeau remembers the Saint John Sea Dogs’ only Memorial Cup championship all too well. Saint John held a 2-1 lead late in the 2011 tournament final against the Ontari...
May 25, 2017
Teen takes terminally ill grandmother to high school prom
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - After learning of his grandmother’s cancer diagnosis, a 17-year-old wanted to give her a night to remember. Stephen Vigil took his grandmother to Stafford High School’...
May 25, 2017
California guards, inmates recovering after rare mass attack
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Four inmates remained hospitalized with gunshot wounds Thursday, a day after California correctional officers opened fire to quell a rare mass attack on eight prison guards by mor...
May 25, 2017
US Senate votes to name courthouse after actor Fred Thompson
NASHVILLE - The U.S. Senate has voted to name Nashville’s new federal courthouse after former Sen. Fred Thompson, the late actor who appeared in at least 20 movies and in the TV series “La...
May 25, 2017
Parties trade barbs as poll shows Nova Scotia race tightening in final days
Nova Scotia’s party leaders were largely off the campaign trail ahead of Thursday night’s debate, but the parties duelled by press release as a new poll suggested a tightening race. The ND...
May 25, 2017
How do you move 40,000 bees? Carefully, with just 3 stings
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - With just three stings and no serious injuries, two beekeepers have safely removed an estimated 40,000 bees that bedeviled a Virginia townhouse community. The Washington Post rep...
May 25, 2017