Category Archives: Canadian Press
Kids hockey should be about fun, not scores: minor hockey groups
Hockey groups across the country are looking for ways to manage runaway scores in a bid to keep the sport fun for kids. The issue swelled for the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario after a team of eight...
Nov 06, 2018
Billboard names Ariana Grande 2018 Woman of the Year
NEW YORK - The music industry is honouring Ariana Grande. Billboard on Tuesday named the 25-year-old award-winning singer its 2018 Woman of the Year. Grande will receive the award at Billboard’s...
Nov 06, 2018
Eskimos left out in the cold despite better record than all but one East team
TORONTO - The fate of a fifth-place team was not top of mind when the CFL created its crossover rule more than two decades ago. It’s something the league may want to consider for the future. The...
Nov 06, 2018
Curling clubs closing, but should seek help that is here, says Curling Canada
The good news for curling is new rinks are opening. The bad news is even more are closing. Chilliwack, B.C., Berwick, N.S., Chelsea and Riviere-du-Loup, Que., have opened, or are about to open, new fa...
Nov 06, 2018
U.S. voting system faces test on Election Day
ATLANTA - Federal and state officials have been working for nearly two years to shore up the nation’s election infrastructure from cyberattacks by Russians or others seeking to disrupt the votin...
Nov 06, 2018
Election Day tests Democratic resistance in Trump era
WASHINGTON - A turbulent election season that tested President Donald Trump’s slash-and-burn political style against the strength of the Democratic resistance comes to a close as Americans cast ...
Nov 06, 2018
Michigan, North Dakota weigh bringing legal pot to Midwest
DETROIT - Voters in Michigan and North Dakota will decide Tuesday whether to legalize recreational marijuana, which would make them the first states in the Midwest to do so and would put conservative ...
Nov 06, 2018
Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of US midterm elections
LONDON - Facebook said it blocked 115 accounts for suspected “co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour” linked to foreign groups attempting to interfere in Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections...
Nov 06, 2018
Heads of World Bank, IMF say risks of trade tensions growing
BEIJING - Leaders of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and other global financial organizations warned Tuesday that trade tensions pose a growing risk for emerging economies. With the U.S. a...
Nov 06, 2018
US probing whether GM SUV recall included enough vehicles
DETROIT - The U.S. government is investigating whether General Motors should expand a 2016 windshield wiper recall to include 1.7 million more SUVs. The government wants to know if a recall of 368,000...
Nov 06, 2018