Category Archives: Canadian Press
Suddenly, luxury stores miss free-spending Chinese tourists
NEW YORK - There was something missing at the luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. in recent months: Chinese tourists. For the second time in as many months, a big seller of high-end goods noticed that a ...
Nov 28, 2018
Cost of keeping Asian carp from Great Lakes nearly triples
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Fortifying an Illinois waterway to prevent invasive carp from using it as a path to Lake Michigan could cost nearly three times as much as federal planners previously thought, a...
Nov 28, 2018
Cuomo pitches rail tunnel to Trump in 'productive' meeting
ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he and President Donald Trump had a “productive” meeting Wednesday to discuss one of the Northeast’s most pressing transportation needs: a new r...
Nov 28, 2018
Mexico penalty crushes Canada hopes in semifinal of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Canada will finish no higher than third at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup after losing 1-0 to Mexico in Wednesday’s semifinal. Coach Rhian Wilkinson says lessons wil...
Nov 28, 2018
Quebec superhospital deserves the millions in criminal's bank account: lawyer
Montreal’s English-language superhospital was the victim of the greatest corruption fraud in Canadian history, and one of the key players shouldn’t benefit from the millions of dollars he ...
Nov 28, 2018
Medical journal calls on Canada to ramp up climate action, curb air pollution
OTTAWA - A new report from one of the world’s most prestigious medical journals says Canada’s failure to cut greenhouse-gas emissions isn’t just killing the planet, it’s killin...
Nov 28, 2018
Sundance Film Festival unveils 2019 feature film slate
LOS ANGELES - Annette Bening plays Senator Dianne Feinstein, Zac Efron takes on Ted Bundy, Awkwafina dives into a dramatic role, and Harvey Weinstein gets a documentary spotlight in films that will pr...
Nov 28, 2018
Tory legislator says Ford's 'backtracking' on francophone issues not enough
TORONTO - A Progressive Conservative legislator who publicly denounced Ontario’s decision to eliminate the independent office of the French-language services commissioner and a planned French-la...
Nov 28, 2018
Ottawa Senators unhappy with city's mayor as arena dispute continues
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators fired back at Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson after he told reporters on Wednesday the NHL team wanted the city to pay for an arena on a piece of land controlled by a Crown corpor...
Nov 28, 2018
More Sarnia Sting alum open up about alleged hazing in early 2000s
As soon as Dave Pszenyczny started reading Dan Carcillo’s tweets, he knew he had to speak with his dad and his wife. Pszenyczny and Carcillo were 17-year-old rookies together on the 2002-03 Sarn...
Nov 28, 2018