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Canadian women's open team opens camp in world championship host city Halifax
HALIFAX - The Canadian women's hockey team opened a camp Monday in Halifax, which is co-hosting the upcoming world championship. Hockey Canada invited 35 players to participate in the seven-day camp c...
Mar 01, 2021

Online review platform Trustpilot chooses London for IPO
LONDON - Online review platform Trustpilot said Monday it plans to sell shares in London, in a stock offering that helps shore up the city's status as a financial hub and destination for tech companie...
Mar 01, 2021

US probing engine fires in nearly 1.9M Toyota RAV4 SUVs
DETROIT - The U.S. government is investigating complaints of engine compartment fires in nearly 1.9 million Toyota RAV4 small SUVs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began investigati...
Mar 01, 2021

2 Americans wanted in Ghosn's escape in Japanese custody
BOSTON - An American father and son wanted by Japan for aiding former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn escape from the country in a box were handed over to Japanese custody Monday, ending their ...
Mar 01, 2021

Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's public schools could get $6.6 billion from the state Legislature if they return to in-person instruction by the end of March, according to a new agreement announced M...
Mar 01, 2021

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime drops first-round match in Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime lost 7-6 (4), 6-1 to Japan's Kei Nishikori in the first round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Monday. The seventh-seeded Auger-Aliass...
Mar 01, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, March 1, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:15 a.m. Quebec is reporting 613 new cases of COVID-19 today and six more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, includin...
Mar 01, 2021

Units in two Vancouver-area hospitals closed by COVID-19 outbreak
VANCOUVER - Health officials have declared COVID-19 outbreaks at two more Metro Vancouver hospitals after finding evidence the virus was transmitted within a medicine unit at both locations. A stateme...
Mar 01, 2021

ESPN re-signs Rece Davis as 'College GameDay' host
ESPN has re-signed Rece Davis to a multiyear contract that will keep him in place as host of the network's popular Saturday college football pregame show. The network announced the deal Monday. Davis,...
Mar 01, 2021

US manufacturing activity jumps to 3-year high in February
WASHINGTON - U.S. manufacturing expanded in February at the fastest pace three years with the arrival of a surge in new orders. The Institute for Supply Management reported Monday that its gauge of ma...
Mar 01, 2021