Category Archives: Canadian Press
Stamkos has 3 goals, Lightning beat Rangers 6-3
TAMPA, Fla. - Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning are piling up points. Stamkos had three goals to become the first player from the 2008 draft to reach 700 points, and the NHL-leading Lightning...
Dec 10, 2018
Seahawks on brink of playoffs after 21-7 win over Vikings
SEATTLE - Bobby Wagner leaped over the line of scrimmage, swatted Dan Bailey’s field goal attempt and sparked the Seattle Seahawks to two late touchdowns. Whether or not what Wagner did was enti...
Dec 10, 2018
Election reform bill passed in time for implementation in 2019 federal vote
OTTAWA - Legislation aimed at preventing foreign interference and constraining the influence of big money in Canadian elections has been approved by the Senate. Bill C-76 passed in the upper house lat...
Dec 10, 2018
Coalition Avenir Quebec cruises to byelection win in former Liberal leader's riding
QUEBEC - The governing Coalition Avenir Quebec has passed its first electoral test since winning the Oct. 1 provincial vote, easily capturing the riding of Roberval left vacant by former Liberal premi...
Dec 10, 2018
China ups pressure as tech exec's hearing goes into Tuesday
VANCOUVER - Ajailed Chinese technology executive will have to wait at least one more day to see if she will be released on bail in a case that has raised U.S.-China tensions and complicated efforts to...
Dec 10, 2018
Some Trump allies starting to worry about investigations
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s intensifying legal troubles are unnerving some of his fellow Republicans. Despite his brash stance, they believe the turmoil has left him increasingly vulne...
Dec 10, 2018
Chinese court bans some iPhones over Qualcomm dispute
NEW YORK - U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm says it’s won an order in a Chinese court banning some Apple phones in China as part of a long-running dispute over patents. Qualcomm said Monday that the Fuzh...
Dec 10, 2018
Goodyear halts tire production in Venezuela as economy slips
VALENCIA, Venezuela - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is halting production in Venezuela, making it the latest international corporation to abandon a South American nation in economic crisis, officials...
Dec 10, 2018
Sebastian Giovinco, Jonathan Osorio and Adriana Leon up for top CONCACAF awards
Toronto FC’s Sebastian Giovinco and Jonathan Osorio are up for CONCACAF male player of the year while Seattle Reign forward Adriana Leon, like Osorio a Canadian international, is nominated for t...
Dec 10, 2018
Autopsy shows two Edmonton children stabbed; father of one of the girls charged
EDMONTON - The medical examiner’s office says two children who were found dead in an Edmonton apartment last week were stabbed. Ashton Brian Lafleche, 29, was charged Thursday and appeared in co...
Dec 10, 2018