Category Archives: Canadian Press

Stampeders not celebrating first-round bye after Calgary beats Alouettes 12-6
MONTREAL - The Calgary Stampeders refused to celebrate their first-round playoff bye after their worst offensive performance of the season. The first-place Stampeders barely defeated the last-place Mo...
Oct 08, 2018

Halifax naval memorial vandalized with anti-war slogans, anarchy symbols
HALIFAX - Vandals defaced a Halifax naval memorial honouring thousands who died in the First and Second World Wars overnight Sunday, but veterans and others quickly went to work removing the graffiti....
Oct 08, 2018

Report: UK poison suspect is doctor for Russian intelligence
LONDON - One of the two suspects in the poisoning of an ex-spy in England is a doctor who works for Russian military intelligence and travelled to Britain under an alias, investigative group Bellingca...
Oct 08, 2018
Netflix assembles new US production hub in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Netflix has chosen New Mexico as the site of a new U.S. production hub and is in final negotiations to buy an existing multimillion-dollar studio complex on the edge of the state...
Oct 08, 2018

Panthers goalie Luongo out 2-4 weeks with knee injury
SUNRISE, Fla. - Florida Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo will miss two to four weeks with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee. Coach Bob Boughner announced the injury Monday, add...
Oct 08, 2018

Christine Sinclair among 15 contenders for inaugural women's Ballon d'Or
PARIS - Canadian soccer star Christine Sinclair is among 15 players competing for the inaugural women’s Ballon d’Or. For the first time, France Football magazine is awarding the individual...
Oct 08, 2018
Ex governor general Michaelle Jean in tough spot as la Francophonie vote nears
OTTAWA - The contest between Michaelle Jean and Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo for la Francophonie’s top post goes far beyond the spending questions that have plagued the fo...
Oct 08, 2018

Chretien predicts common sense will prevail in debate over religious symbols
OTTAWA - Jean Chretien says Quebec’s political class is “trapped” in a pointless debate over a non-existent problem: how to accommodate religious minorities. And the former prime min...
Oct 08, 2018
Canadian military says doubling in sex-assault reports a sign of progress
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces are explaining a dramatic increase in the number of sexual-assault reports last year as proof that efforts to crack down on such illicit behaviour in the military are havi...
Oct 08, 2018

Ontario student leaves N.S. university after alleged rapist returns to campus
She was an 18-year-old freshman from the Toronto area studying at St. Francis Xavier University, a small-town Nova Scotia school with red brick buildings, green sports fields and a lively school spiri...
Oct 08, 2018