Category Archives: Canadian Press
NYC hotel offers 'Stranger Things' room package through 2018
New York residents and visitors anticipating the Friday release of the second season of Netflix’s hit show “Stranger Things” can now get a hotel package for their binge-watching need...
Oct 26, 2017
Honolulu Police Department getting first woman police chief
HONOLULU - A police major was selected Wednesday as the first woman to be chief of the Honolulu Police Department - an agency that has been rocked by a federal corruption investigation. The police com...
Oct 26, 2017
Orphanage owner in India: Texas girl had no eating problem
DALLAS - The owner of a now-closed orphanage in India where a young girl was living before a Texas couple adopted her last year says the child had no difficulty eating despite her adoptive father̵...
Oct 26, 2017
Actress accuses George H.W. Bush of touching her from behind
WASHINGTON - A television actress has accused former President George H.W. Bush of touching her from behind while she was posing for a photo alongside him and telling her a dirty joke. The former pres...
Oct 26, 2017
Vice-President Pence to visit Israel and Egypt in December
DALLAS - Vice-President Mike Pence announced Wednesday that he will travel to Israel and Egypt in late December, and said the U.S. will redirect funds aimed at helping persecuted Christians and other ...
Oct 26, 2017
China's Communist Party praises Xi as Marxist thinker
BEIJING - Marx, Deng … Xi? To the Chinese president’s growing array of titles, the ruling Communist Party says Xi Jinping can add important Marxist thinker. The party on Thursday praised X...
Oct 26, 2017
Former Canada captain Al Charron to be inducted into World Rugby Hall of Fame
Former Canada captain Al Charron is headed to the World Rugby Hall of Fame. The 51-year-old Ottawa native won 76 caps for Canada, a national record that stood for 14 years until broken by Aaron Carpen...
Oct 26, 2017
Campbell sets 100-meter world short-course record
ADELAIDE, Australia - Cate Campbell set a world short-course record with a time of 50.25 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle at the Australian short-course championships on Thursday. Campbell took .033...
Oct 26, 2017
Curry, Durant hit key 3s late, Warriors hold off Raptors
OAKLAND, Calif. - The defending NBA champions are working to rediscover their defence. Not to mention their basic rebounding fundamentals of boxing out and ability to avoid silly fouls. They barely be...
Oct 26, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games MLB Post-season World Series Houston 7 L.A. Dodgers 6 (11 innings) (Series is tied 1-1) — NHL St. Louis 5 Calgary 2 Columbus 5 Buffalo 1 — AHL Manitoba 3 Chicago 1 ...
Oct 26, 2017