Category Archives: Canadian Press
Rising star Hannah Darling retires from Canadian women's rugby sevens team
TORONTO - Hannah Darling, a rising star in Canadian rugby sevens and a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the Rio Olympics, has retired from the national team. The 22-year-old from Warsaw, Ont...
Oct 14, 2018
Enbridge to begin building road to access pipeline explosion site in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Enbridge Inc. says it has begun construction of a temporary access road to the site of a natural gas pipeline explosion in Prince George, B.C. In a news release issued Sunday the company s...
Oct 14, 2018
Couple from B.C. recreate 'Alien' birth scene for maternity photo shoot
VANCOUVER - In Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic, “Alien,” the crew of the Nostromo begin a voyage unknowingly carrying a new being along with them. Thirty-nine years later, Todd and Nicol...
Oct 14, 2018
'First Man' blasts off behind 'Venom,' 'A Star Is Born'
LOS ANGELES - The Neil Armstrong film “First Man” settled for a third-place landing at the North American box office in its opening weekend in theatres. The Ryan Gosling-starrer and a host...
Oct 14, 2018
Family says former Liberal cabinet minister Donald Macdonald dead at 86
TORONTO - Longtime Liberal politician and former cabinet minister Donald Macdonald died on Sunday at the age of 86, his family said. His daughter Sonja Macdonald said he died in his sleep at his Toron...
Oct 14, 2018
Canada 'A' rugby team edges Tonga 'A' 32-31 thanks to late penalty try
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Canada ‘A’ took advantage of a late penalty try to edge Tonga ‘A’ 32-31 at the World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge on Sunday. The Canadians (1-2-0) too...
Oct 14, 2018
Andrew Scheer on revamped NAFTA deal: 'I would have signed a better one'
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is opening a new front in his party’s fight against the revamped NAFTA deal, saying he would have done better than Justin Trudeau. The United States is...
Oct 14, 2018
Matheson will have hearing with Department of Player Safety after Pettersson hit
NEW YORK - Panthers defenceman Mike Matheson will have a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Monday as a result of his hit on Vancouver Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson on Satur...
Oct 14, 2018
Childhood friends Lucas Cavallini and Jonathan Osorio reunited with Canada
TORONTO - Together they rank as Canada’s top soccer players currently plying their trade in North America. And Lucas Cavallini and Jonathan Osorio go way back. “We’ve been buddies si...
Oct 14, 2018
Correction: Five things about what's legal and what's not in Canada's new pot law
OTTAWA - Canada’s new law legalizing recreational cannabis goes into force on Wednesday. Here are five things about what’s legal and what’s not under this historic piece of legislati...
Oct 14, 2018