Category Archives: Canadian Press
Vancouver Whitecaps look to settle unfinished business with Minnesota United FC
VANCOUVER - This time the Vancouver Whitecaps want to finish what they start when they play Minnesota United FC on Wednesday at BC Place Stadium. When the Whitecaps first played Minnesota back in June...
Sep 12, 2017
Coyote in her grille: Animal gets stuck in front of car that hit it on highway
AIRDRIE, Alta. - An Alberta woman says she was shocked when she found a coyote she thought she'd struck and killed on the highway stuck in the grille of her car. Georgie Knox was driving to work in Ca...
Sep 12, 2017

Fraud trial of ex-deputy Quebec premier Normandeau likely to begin in early 2018
QUEBEC - The fraud-related trial of ex-deputy Quebec premier Nathalie Normandeau and five co-accused will likely be held in early 2018 and last at least four months, the Crown said Tuesday. Prosecutor...
Sep 12, 2017
Referendum on ditching time change would cost Alberta millions: committee
EDMONTON - As Albertans ardently debate whether to keep changing their clocks, the government estimates that a referendum on a bill about ending the twice-yearly time change would cost millions. NDP l...
Sep 12, 2017
News and entertainment website Canoe.ca says data for one million users hacked
MONTREAL - News and entertainment website Canoe.ca says some of its databases containing the personal information of about one million users from 1996 to 2008 has been hacked. The company says the dat...
Sep 12, 2017
Latino group snubs Trump for 'disagreeable actions'
WASHINGTON - For the first time in almost 40 years, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute has not invited a sitting president to its annual convention, citing President Donald Trump’s cont...
Sep 12, 2017

Baby raccoon badly burned last month dies, police searching for suspects
A baby raccoon that was allegedly lit on fire and left in an Ontario park last month has died. The months-old animal, dubbed Phoenix Rose, died unexpectedly last Thursday after a near-miraculous recov...
Sep 12, 2017
Australian cattle dog enters race for mayor's office in St. John's, N.L.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A celebrity candidate has entered the mayoral race in St. John’s, N.L. - one with fur and four legs. Finn, a five-year-old Australian cattle dog, is featured in a tongue...
Sep 12, 2017
Hillary Clinton signs copies of new book at NYC bookstore
NEW YORK - Hundreds of people crowded into a bookstore on Tuesday to see Hillary Clinton as she promoted her new book on the day of its official release. The former Democratic presidential nominee was...
Sep 12, 2017

World curling championships will keep coming to Canada until 2020
PERTH, Scotland - Canada will continue to host a world curling championship annually until 2020 thanks to an extended agreement between Curling Canada and the World Curling Federation. Since 2005, alt...
Sep 12, 2017