Category Archives: Canadian Press
Impact add Swiss international midfielder Dzemaili as designated player
MONTREAL - New designated player Blerim Dzemaili is eager to get started with the Montreal Impact. The Swiss international midfielder arrived at Trudeau Airport on Tuesday to begin a new phase of his ...
May 09, 2017
Shot man fighting for life after home invasion on quiet Hamilton street
HAMILTON - A home invasion in an otherwise quiet Hamilton neighbourhood left one man shot and fighting for his life, his wife injured and nearby residents aghast at the violence, police and neighbours...
May 09, 2017
Job openings increase slightly in March
WASHINGTON - Steady job growth has left U.S. employers with an increasingly shallow pool of unemployed workers to consider hiring, something that could lead to faster wage gains. The number of job pos...
May 09, 2017
IIHF, NHLPA still trying to broker deal for NHL players in Pyeongchang Olympics
PARIS - International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel is not giving up on the idea of NHL players participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. “I’m a very positive ...
May 09, 2017
Frightened children flee before fire's 'intense' heat burns Calgary school bus
CALGARY - Witnesses say frightened children aboard a school bus in Calgary were screaming as rescuers pulled them to safety just before the front of the vehicle burst into flames. The bus was carrying...
May 09, 2017
Teen's plea for free Wendy's nuggets sets retweet record
RENO, Nev. - A Twitter plea from a Nevada teen for a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendy’s is now the most retweeted post of all time. Carter Wilkerson asked the fast food chain on Twitter l...
May 09, 2017
Fireworks cache explodes in Mexico home, killing 14 people
MEXICO CITY - An errant firecracker landed on a cache of fireworks and touched off a powerful explosion at a home in central Mexico, killing 11 children and three adults, authorities said Tuesday. Nat...
May 09, 2017
Anti-Semitic incidents on the rise in Canada: B'nai Brith
TORONTO - Anti-Semitism is on the rise in the country, a Jewish advocacy group said Tuesday, calling it a “made in Canada” phenomenon. B’nai Brith Canada, which has been tracking ant...
May 09, 2017
Wounded Mountie recalls how she fled gunman:'I said to myself, it's me he wants'
MONCTON, N.B. - An RCMP officer recalled feeling blood stream down her body as she fled a gunman who shot her twice and killed three other Mounties during a 2014 shooting spree. Const. Darlene Goguen,...
May 09, 2017
South Koreans watch vote count with Game of Thrones, hip hop
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Koreans don’t need to be bored by hours of vote-counting and punditry that fill airtime ahead of the announcement of a winner in the country’s presidentia...
May 09, 2017