Category Archives: Canadian Press
Michigan lottery tickets with 4 zeroes are worth $5,000
LANSING, Mich. - When are four zeroes worth $5,000? When four zeroes are the winning numbers in a Michigan lottery drawing. Officials say 1,079 players had winning tickets in Michigan’s Sunday e...
Sep 18, 2017
Vancouver Canucks set to meet Los Angeles Kings in NHL's first foray into China
About to turn 37 years old, Henrik Sedin didn’t sound overly thrilled about the prospect of having to fly across the Pacific Ocean to play a couple of exhibition games ahead of the gruelling NHL...
Sep 18, 2017
U.S. hasn't said what it wants to get back into Paris deal, McKenna says
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the United States has provided no new information about what it would take to entice it back into the Paris climate change accord. McKenna was one ...
Sep 18, 2017
Trudeau, fellow MPs remember Liberal Arnold Chan, burnish his legacy
OTTAWA - The first day back in the House of Commons took on a sombre hue Monday as MPs paid tribute to Liberal backbencher Arnold Chan, remembering him as a man of courage and humility who made a diff...
Sep 18, 2017
Altidore a prophet? Impact haven't won since Aug. 27 loss to Toronto FC
MONTREAL - Jozy Altidore is looking like a prophet. On Aug. 26, the Toronto FC striker mused that it would be “beautiful” to knock the rival Impact out of the Major League Soccer playoffs....
Sep 18, 2017
Trump at UN: 'America First' president arrives on premier internationalist stage
NEW YORK - This week the United Nations is hearing for the first time from a U.S. president who called the organization weak, incompetent, antithetical to freedom, anti-American and hostile to democra...
Sep 18, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Sept. 18 --- TRUDEAU DELIVERS REBUKE TO BOEING: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is dropping the gloves in his fight with Boeing, saying his government won’...
Sep 18, 2017
Protesters make good on threat to disrupt St. Louis business
ST. LOUIS - When a former police officer was acquitted in the fatal shooting of a black suspect, protesters vowed to show their disdain by disrupting business in downtown St. Louis. They quickly succe...
Sep 18, 2017
Alex Bazzie returns to struggling B.C. Lions after trying to catch on in NFL
SURREY, B.C. - Alex Bazzie is back with the B.C. Lions. The CFL club announced Monday it has agreed to a contract with the defensive lineman, but did not disclose terms of the deal. The 27-year-old pl...
Sep 18, 2017
Ottawa Redblacks get favourable news on injury to veteran quarterback Drew Tate
Marcel Desjardins was breathing a little sigh of relief Monday. The Ottawa Redblacks general manager said quarterback Drew Tate is listed as week-to-week with an arm-shoulder injury sustained in last ...
Sep 18, 2017