Category Archives: Canadian Press
Manitoba outlines ads, rules for civil servants as legal pot looms
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government was still scrambling Wednesday to prepare for the federal legalization of recreational cannabis next week. Public service announcements were launched, a drug-testing...
Oct 10, 2018
Former MLB star Lenny Dykstra indicted for drugs, threats
A grand jury in New Jersey indicted former baseball star Lenny Dykstra on drug and other charges stemming from an altercation with an Uber driver in May. The indictment handed up Tuesday charges the f...
Oct 10, 2018
Montreal Alouettes involved in deals prior to CFL trade deadline
The Montreal Alouettes’ fire sale has begun. The Alouettes, who will miss the CFL playoffs for a fourth straight season, made two deals prior to the CFL trade deadline Wednesday. Montreal sent o...
Oct 10, 2018
Backlash erupts over misconduct finding for judge who took on law school post
A growing backlash has erupted over a finding that a respected judge engaged in misconduct by accepting a temporary position as dean of a northern Ontario university’s Indigenous law school. In ...
Oct 10, 2018
Coroner: Verne Troyer death suicide by alcohol intoxication
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County coroner says actor Verne Troyer, who was best known for his “Austin Powers” role of Mini-Me, died last April of suicide by alcohol intoxication. The co...
Oct 10, 2018
Canadian men loses second straight at Pacific Challenge rugby tournament
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Canada ‘A’ lost its second straight game at the World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge, beaten 45-5 by defending champion Argentina ‘A’ on Wednesday. Urug...
Oct 10, 2018
Group seeks investors for Montreal NBA team, even though no expansion planned
MONTREAL - A group of Quebec businesspeople has taken another small step toward bringing a National Basketball Association franchise to Montreal - even though there are currently no plans for an expan...
Oct 10, 2018
B.C. Lions face stiff test trying to hand Stampeders first home loss
The B.C. Lions’ playoff quest faces a stiff test this weekend. B.C. (7-7) visits the Calgary Stampeders (12-2) on Saturday night. The Lions enter action tied with the Edmonton Eskimos for fourth...
Oct 10, 2018
2019 Overwatch League season, with Toronto and Vancouver, to kick off Feb. 14
Toronto and Vancouver will debut in different divisions in the 2019 season of the Overwatch League. Toronto and fellow expansion sides Paris, Washington D.C. and Atlanta will join the Atlantic Divisio...
Oct 10, 2018
NHL Notebook: Offensive floodgates open in run-and-gun start to season
Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock could see halfway through training camp that Auston Matthews was ready to explode. “Matty’s on another level,” Babcock said at the time of Toronto...
Oct 10, 2018