Category Archives: Canadian Press
Calgarians vote 'no' to bidding for 2026 Winter Games, in plebiscite
CALGARY - A Calgary bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is destined to die after the majority of voters said ‘no’ to it. In a plebiscite asking citizens if they want to ho...
Nov 13, 2018
NewsAlert: Amazon names NYC and Arlington, Virginia as sites for second headquarters
NEW YORK - Amazon names New York City and Arlington, Virginia as the two sites for its second headquarters. More info coming. The Associated Press
Nov 13, 2018
Romanian man returns $100,000 found in secondhand cupboard
BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian man was surprised to find 95,000 euros ($107,000) stashed inside a secondhand cupboard he’d bought - and promptly returned the money. Adela Stanici told The Assoc...
Nov 13, 2018
In the news today, Nov. 13
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 13 --- IN SINGAPORE, TRUDEAU SEEKS MORE TRADE WITH ASIA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lands in Singapore today, looking for a way to expand trade in southeas...
Nov 13, 2018
'Huge milestone:' Ceremony marks land deal for Lubicon Lake First Nation
LITTLE BUFFALO, Alta. - Their story of poverty and neglect went from northern Alberta to the world and on Tuesday decades of determination paid off when the Lubicon Lake Cree signed a long-awaited tre...
Nov 13, 2018
Trudeau lays down challenge to companies in bid to boost trade with Asia
SINGAPORE - Canadian companies doing business with a bloc of Asian nations need to stick around and do the hard work of building trade ties even after the ink dries on any government-struck trade deal...
Nov 13, 2018
Former Quebec premier Bernard Landry hailed as 'patriot' in political funeral
MONTREAL - Former Quebec premier Bernard Landry planned much of his own funeral service, held Tuesday inside Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica, and his choices ensured the ceremony would be as poli...
Nov 13, 2018
Egypt's retired soccer star sentenced to 1 year in prison
CAIRO - An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country’s greatest all-time soccer players, to a year in prison for tax evasion while also giving him the option to pay a fine o...
Nov 13, 2018
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NHL Carolina 3 Chicago 2 (OT) N.Y. Rangers 2 Vancouver 1 Columbus 2 Dallas 1 Anaheim 2 Nashville 1 (SO) — NBA Washington 117 Orlando 109 New Orleans 126 Toronto 110 Philadel...
Nov 12, 2018
Scores and Schedule
Monday’s Games NHL Carolina 3 Chicago 2 (OT) N.Y. Rangers 2 Vancouver 1 Columbus 2 Dallas 1 Anaheim 2 Nashville 1 (SO) — NBA Washington 117 Orlando 109 New Orleans 126 Toronto 110 Philadel...
Nov 12, 2018