Category Archives: Canadian Press
Moose calf tranquilized outside Winnipeg stadium right before CFL game kickoff
WINNIPEG - There’s not much that can stop a football team, let alone two of them, but a roaming moose nearly delayed kickoff for the sold-out Banjo Bowl in Winnipeg on Saturday. Winnipeg Police ...
Sep 09, 2017

B.C. Liberals remove Darryl Plecas from party after he takes role as Speaker
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Liberal party has kicked out one of its caucus members for taking the role of Speaker in the NDP minority government. Darryl Plecas, MLA for Abbotsford South, took ...
Sep 09, 2017
Cops 'find' red balloon floating in Stephen King's hometown
BANGOR, Maine - Police in the Maine city that’s home to Stephen King played a prank to coincide with the opening of the horror film “It,” based on King’s book. The police depar...
Sep 09, 2017
Canadian cities vying to become home of Amazon's new corporate headquarters
TORONTO - Canada’s political leaders are joining the competition to become the home of Amazon’s new corporate headquarters, with premiers and mayors announcing task forces and teams to woo...
Sep 09, 2017

Stephens tops Keys in US Open final for 1st Grand Slam title
NEW YORK - Sloane Stephens’ remarkably rapid rise from a ranking of 957th in early August to U.S. Open champion on Saturday began with the slow work of coming back from surgery on her left foot....
Sep 09, 2017
Blue Jays to donate portion of Monday's ticket sales to hurricane relief
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will be making a donation to the Canadian Red Cross hurricane relief efforts across the Caribbean and the United States. The team said in a statement Saturday that it w...
Sep 09, 2017

Canadians in Florida brace for the worst as hurricane Irma descends
TORONTO - Canadians who fled to Florida in search of warmer climes are bracing for the worst as a major hurricane descends on their new home state. Some hunkered down with supplies while some fled in ...
Sep 09, 2017
Spanish police raids aim to halt Catalan independence vote
BARCELONA, Spain - A Spanish judge ordered police to search a printer’s shop and two offices of a regional newspaper in Catalonia as part of an investigation into alleged preparations for an ill...
Sep 09, 2017
As Myanmar Muslims flee crackdown, US is wary of involvement
WASHINGTON - Don’t expect the United States to step in and resolve what is increasingly being described as an ethnic cleansing campaign against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims. Not wanting to u...
Sep 09, 2017

Scramble to flee Irma underscores rich, poor divide
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Hotel dishwasher Wilman Hernandez waited with his wife and young son at a Miami Beach bus stop, desperately looking for a way to get to a shelter where they could ride out Hurr...
Sep 09, 2017