Category Archives: Canadian Press
Santiago confirmed to host 2023 Pan Am Games
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Chile’s capital of Santiago will host the 2023 Pan American Games. The Pan American Sports Organization, or PASO, made the unanimous decision on Saturday during its gene...
Nov 04, 2017
Officer, citizens pull woman from car that plunged into water off Nova Scotia
GOLD RIVER, N.S. - A Mountie combined forces with several citizens on Friday evening on Nova Scotia’s south shore to rescue a 33-year-old woman after her speeding car plunged off a coastal highw...
Nov 04, 2017
B.C. NDP premier tells celebratory convention delegates tough decisions ahead
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan opened his New Democratic Party’s convention on Saturday with an exuberant cheer to celebrate the party’s rise to power after 16 years of Li...
Nov 04, 2017
KHL may pull out of Olympics over Russia doping cases, could affect Team Canada
MOSCOW - The Kontinental Hockey League may withdraw its players from the Pyeongchang Olympics in protest at doping investigations into Russian athletes, the league president suggested on Saturday. The...
Nov 04, 2017
BC Liberal leadership candidates debate rural development, opioid crisis
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - BC Liberal leadership hopefuls touted their ideas for bolstering the resource sector and tackling the province’s opioid overdose crisis in an appeal to northern voters duri...
Nov 04, 2017
New Brunswick firm's smoked salmon product recalled due to listeria concern
BLACKS HARBOUR, N.B. - A flaked salmon product produced by a New Brunswick firm has been recalled due to concerns over possible listeria. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced on its website F...
Nov 04, 2017
Canadians Moore-Towers and Marinaro win pairs bronze at Cup of China
BEIJING - Canada’s Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro produced a personal best free skate to win the bronze medal on Saturday in pairs to conclude the Cup of China figure skating competit...
Nov 04, 2017
Olympian Nancy Kerrigan headlines infertility conference
NEWTON, Mass. - Nancy Kerrigan is sharing her heartbreaking experience with multiple miscarriages. The Olympic figure skating star is scheduled to deliver the keynote address Saturday morning at a New...
Nov 04, 2017
Red Cross: $6 million for Ebola fight stolen through fraud
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Fraud by Red Cross workers and others wasted at least $6 million meant to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the organization confirmed Saturday. The revelations ...
Nov 04, 2017
Lebanese premier resigns, plunging nation into uncertainty
BEIRUT - Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri resigned from his post in a televised address from the Saudi capital Saturday, accusing Hezbollah of taking the country hostage, in a surprise move that pl...
Nov 04, 2017