Category Archives: Canadian Press
Wolves prove resilient, but proposal could curtail expansion
BILLINGS, Mont. - A proposal to strip grey wolves of their remaining federal protections could curtail their rapid expansion across vast swaths of the U.S. West and Great Lakes, yet the predators alre...
Mar 14, 2019
3 Saudi women activists receive PEN Freedom to Write Award
NEW YORK - Three Saudi women’s rights activists whose arrests last year have been condemned worldwide are being honoured by PEN America. Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain al-Hathloul and Eman al-Nafjan ha...
Mar 14, 2019
O'Rourke begins 2020 bid with big crowds, centrist message
BURLINGTON, Iowa - Democrat Beto O’Rourke jumped into the 2020 presidential race Thursday, shaking up the already packed field and pledging to win over voters from across the political spectrum ...
Mar 14, 2019
Goat elected as honorary mayor sworn in for first term
FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - The new honorary mayor of Fair Haven, Vermont - a 3-year-old goat named Lincoln - was officially sworn into office this week. Lincoln was dressed in a sash reading “Mayor”...
Mar 14, 2019
In the news today, March 14
Four stories in the news for Thursday, March 14 --- TORONTO MAN LATEST CANADIAN VICTIM ID’D IN PLANE CRASH A 72-year-old Toronto man was the latest Canadian victim identified after a plane crash...
Mar 14, 2019
Indigenous guardians sound alarm about climate change impacts in Canada
VANCOUVER - Growing up in a small, remote First Nations community in northwestern British Columbia, Jarett Quock found he faced racism and stereotypes from non-Indigenous people whenever he left the r...
Mar 14, 2019
New federal food guide may be 'out of reach' for most Canadians:report
The fruit-and-vegetable-heavy fare touted in the new federal food guide may be too expensive - or perhaps just not enticing enough - to easily form the basis of most Canadians’ diets, a new repo...
Mar 14, 2019
Federal budget expected to have more wiggle room, even with weaker outlook
OTTAWA - The improved economy is expected to give the Trudeau government more fiscal room than anticipated in next week’s pre-election budget - but a wobbly economic finish to 2018 means conditi...
Mar 14, 2019
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday’s Games NHL Chicago 5 Toronto 4 New Jersey 6 Edmonton 3 Vancouver 4 N.Y. Rangers 1 — AHL Milwaukee 2 Cleveland 1 Hartford 4 Binghamton 3 (OT) Hershey 5 Springfield 3 Rochester 3 ...
Mar 14, 2019
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games NHL Chicago 5 Toronto 4 New Jersey 6 Edmonton 3 Vancouver 4 N.Y. Rangers 1 — AHL Milwaukee 2 Cleveland 1 Hartford 4 Binghamton 3 (OT) Hershey 5 Springfield 3 Rochester 3 ...
Mar 14, 2019