Category Archives: Canadian Press
California surfer makes board using 10,000 cigarette butts
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. - A California surfer has won a recycled surfboard contest with an entry covered with 10,000 cigarette butts. “This is the most polluted item picked up on the beach,&...
Oct 23, 2017
Oregon state senator: Sexual harassment common in Capitol
SALEM, Ore. - A female state senator who accused a male colleague of inappropriate touching said Monday she’s heard accounts from other women in the Oregon state capitol of such behaviour by men...
Oct 23, 2017
Women on trial visit scene of attack on North Korean scion
SEPANG, Malaysia - The two women accused of killing the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were taken back to the scene of the crime on Tuesday as their murder trial moved from the courtr...
Oct 23, 2017
White House: Kelly needn't apologize to Florida Rep. Wilson
WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says chief of staff John Kelly doesn’t need to apologize to Florida congresswoman Frederica Wilson. Wilson had accused President D...
Oct 23, 2017
Hong Kong democracy activists Wong, Law freed on bail
Hong Kong’s highest court freed pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law on bail Tuesday pending an appeal of their prison sentences after they were convicted of sparking massive prote...
Oct 23, 2017
Marner finds his jump, Maple Leafs hand Kings first regulation-time loss
TORONTO - Matt Martin thinks his offensive statistics might skyrocket just by having a new linemate. Mitch Marner played on Toronto’s fourth line for the third straight game and set up two goals...
Oct 23, 2017
Liberals score upset in Quebec byelection; Tories hang on in Edmonton
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have pulled off a stunning byelection upset, snatching the federal riding of Lac-Saint-Jean away from the Conservatives. A Liberal victory in Quebec’s na...
Oct 23, 2017
Ducks' Patrick Eaves recovering from Guillain-Barre syndrome
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Anaheim Ducks forward Patrick Eaves has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, and his hockey career is on hold while he recovers. The Ducks announced Eaves’ diagnosis Mo...
Oct 23, 2017
Canada's Shapovalov wins first-round match at ATP 500 tournament
BASEL, Switzerland - Canadian tennis star Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Swiss Indoor’s ATP 500 tournament on Monday with a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) win over Yuichi Sugita of Japa...
Oct 23, 2017
Company that runs B.C. casino says it follows rules on money laundering
RICHMOND, B.C. - The head of a company that runs a British Columbia casino alleged to have taken in millions that could be proceeds of crime says procedures to ensure compliance with regulations are s...
Oct 23, 2017