Category Archives: Canadian Press
1 of New Mexico's last drive-in theatres is set to close
CARLSBAD, N.M. - One of New Mexico’s last drive-in theatres is set to close. The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports the owner of the Fiesta Drive-In Theater in Carlsbad, New Mexico, announced this w...
Dec 07, 2018
Items belonging to Sinatra make $9M hit at Sotheby's auction
NEW YORK - The private treasures of Frank Sinatra and his wife, Barbara, were a multimillion-dollar hit at auction. Sotheby’s reported Friday that the couple’s entertainment memorabilia, a...
Dec 07, 2018
Allen posts first shutout in a year as St. Louis Blues blank Winnipeg Jets 1-0
WINNIPEG - Jake Allen wasn’t relieved to have his first shutout in a year. He didn’t even remember when his last one was. The St. Louis Blues netminder made 26 saves in a 1-0 victory over ...
Dec 07, 2018
Nets end 8-game skid by edging Raptors 106-105 in OT
NEW YORK - Kawhi Leonard’s short shot went in and out. Fred VanVleet’s 3-pointer went around the rim and spun out. For 3 1/2 years, the Toronto Raptors had always found a way to beat the B...
Dec 07, 2018
Canadian Lee foregos final semester of eligiblity at Ohio State, joins LPGA
Jaclyn Lee has opted to forego her final semester of eligibility at the Ohio State University and begin a professional career in the LPGA, the Canadian golfer announced in an Instagram post Friday nig...
Dec 07, 2018
Quebec slams door on New Brunswick's pipeline dream at premiers' meeting
MONTREAL - New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs remained optimistic Friday that, someday, a pipeline would be built to bring western crude oil to ports in his region for transport overseas. But the Queb...
Dec 07, 2018
Ex-Miss Kentucky charged with sending nude photos to student
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A former Miss Kentucky who is a teacher in West Virginia has been charged with sending nude pictures to a 15-year-old former student. News outlets report that 28-year-old Ramsey Be...
Dec 07, 2018
Man who drove into crowd convicted of first-degree murder
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A man who drove his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia was convicted Friday of first-degree murder, a verdict that local civil rights activ...
Dec 07, 2018
Canadian halfpipe skier Cassie Sharpe wins silver in World Cup opener
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. - Canadian halfpipe skier Cassie Sharpe opened her 2018-19 World Cup season with a silver medal on Friday. Sharpe, from Comox, B.C., finished second at the event with a score of...
Dec 07, 2018
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen defends Canada signing onto UN migration pact
OTTAWA - Canada is committed to signing onto the United Nations pact on migration, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says, despite angry protest from right-wing political activists both here and abroa...
Dec 07, 2018