Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ottawa Senators defenceman Thomas Chabot out with broken toe
Ottawa Senators all-star defenceman Thomas Chabot has been sidelined with a broken toe, with his status listed as week to week. Chabot suffered the injury while blocking a shot on Monday night in Phil...
Mar 13, 2019
World Rugby announces expanded women's seven series plus more combined stops
TORONTO - World Rugby has announced an expanded HSBC Women’s Series for the next four-year cycle, featuring eight rounds for the first time. There are currently just six stops on the women’...
Mar 13, 2019
Quebec's plan to reduce immigration levels won't help newcomers: study
MONTREAL - A Quebec think tank says the province’s plan to cut immigration levels is misguided and will not accomplish its intended goal of better integrating newcomers. The Institut de recherch...
Mar 13, 2019
Liberal MPs shut down SNC committee before vote on recalling Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - Opposition MPs erupted in fury Wednesday after the Liberals used their majority on the House of Commons justice committee to delay an opposition attempt to call Jody Wilson-Raybould to testif...
Mar 13, 2019
Birthday billboard blows up man's phone with well wishers
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A New Jersey man had to get a new phone number after he was overwhelmed with birthday wishes when his sons put up a billboard asking people to call him. The SunSentinel reports...
Mar 13, 2019
NHL Notebook: Where does hockey inclusivity conversation go from here?
Brock McGillis was impressed with how proactively the Toronto Maple Leafs handled allegations that a homophobic slur had been uttered during their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night....
Mar 13, 2019
No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass doesn't faze Hadwin ahead of Players Championship
No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass is one of the signature holes on the PGA Tour. Although it’s just 137 yards to the Island Green, the hole is surrounded on almost all sides by water and has a tiny bunker ...
Mar 13, 2019
Alberta First Nation votes to accept $150M settlement over mismanaged cattle
STANDOFF, Alta. - Members of a southern Alberta First Nation have voted to accept a $150-million settlement from the federal government. The Blood Tribe filed a claim nearly two decades ago alleging t...
Mar 13, 2019
Former Alouette Eric Lapointe ready to listen if team owner wants to sell
Eric Lapointe hasn’t been approached by the Wetenhall family about purchasing the Montreal Alouettes, but remains a phone call away from trying to make it happen. The Alouettes were offering no ...
Mar 13, 2019
Florida mulls clemency for FBI informant 'White Boy Rick'
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Clemency Board are considering early prison release for a man known as “White Boy Rick,” once one of the FBI’s youngest informan...
Mar 13, 2019