Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's Milanovich takes bronze in 50-metre breaststroke at Youth Olympic Games
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Canada’s Alexander Milanovich picked up a bronze medal in the men’s 50-metre breaststroke at the Youth Olympic Games on Friday. The 16-year-old from Etobicoke, On...
Oct 12, 2018
Ex-3 Doors Down bassist gets 10 years on gun charge
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The founding member and former bassist of the rock band 3 Doors Down has been sentenced to 10 years in Mississippi state prison for possession of a firearm by a felon. News outlets...
Oct 12, 2018
New pipeline review not going far enough out to sea, environment group says
OTTAWA - The back-to-the-drawing board environmental review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project will assess the impact of increased oil tanker traffic out to about 12 nautical miles from ...
Oct 12, 2018
Blue Bombers looking to avoid season sweep against Roughriders
WINNIPEG - Running back Andrew Harris believes a Blue Bombers victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders Saturday afternoon could be just the boost Winnipeg needs. The Roughriders would sweep the clubs...
Oct 12, 2018
NEB sets Trans Mountain hearings schedule to meet February deadline
CALGARY - The National Energy Board has released a schedule that it says will allow it to reconsider its approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in time to meet a Feb. 22 federal gov...
Oct 12, 2018
Bill Cosby switches up legal team with appeal looming
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby is switching up his legal team as he looks to appeal his conviction and three- to 10-year sentence in his Pennsylvania sex assault case. A court filing Friday says the 81-yea...
Oct 12, 2018
Mayor: Deal reached to end Providence school bus strike
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A school bus company and its striking drivers’ union on Friday reached a tentative deal to end the strike that has lasted more than two weeks, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza an...
Oct 12, 2018
'This is nothing new for us:' Alberta RCMP say they're ready for legal cannabis
EDMONTON - Alberta RCMP say Mounties will be ready when recreational cannabis becomes legal in Canada on Wednesday. Chief Supt. Brad Mueller said officers will use tried and true investigative techniq...
Oct 12, 2018
Stampeders hurry receiver Chris Matthews into lineup against Lions
CALGARY - Returning to the Canadian Football League is not like riding a bike, says receiver Chris Matthews. The CFL’s most outstanding rookie in 2012 when he was with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers,...
Oct 12, 2018
How long should police officers abstain from pot? Depends whom you ask
TORONTO - Twenty-eight days. That’s how long members of the RCMP and Toronto police have been ordered to abstain from smoking or vaping recreational pot before reporting for duty. Calgary police...
Oct 12, 2018