Category Archives: Canadian Press
Denzel Washington to receive AFI Life Achievement Award
LOS ANGELES - The American Film Institute is honouring Denzel Washington with a Life Achievement Award. The organization said Friday that Washington will receive the award at a Gala Tribute on June 6 ...
Oct 05, 2018
Result against Columbus crucial to Impact's bid to hold off DC United
MONTREAL - Midfielder Saphir Taider believes the Montreal Impact need to win all three of their remaining games this season if they have any hope of making the playoffs. With the season on the line, T...
Oct 05, 2018
Court upholds Quebec family's right to know who adopted their beloved cat Sundae
MONTREAL - A search for a cat has ended in Quebec’s highest court with a ruling this week that an animal shelter must divulge the identity of the family that took in the missing pet. The Quebec ...
Oct 05, 2018
Police investigating after woman was kicked at anti-abortion rally
Toronto police say they’re investigating after a woman was injured during an incident that was captured on video. Investigators say the woman was attending a peaceful rally in the city’s w...
Oct 05, 2018
Handling of high drivers, border crossers still being ironed out, officials say
OTTAWA - Days before recreational cannabis use becomes legal in Canada, federal officials acknowledge many details of the new regime have yet to be worked out, including how police will grapple with p...
Oct 05, 2018
Bentornato Seba! Toronto FC's Giovinco recalled by Italian national team
Toronto FC striker Sebastian Giovinco is finally back with the Azzurri. “It’s a long time but now the most important thing is I’m back. So I’m happy,” he said with a smil...
Oct 05, 2018
Police: No shovel thrown at circus camel that injured 7
PITTSBURGH - Police say a series of unfortunate events spooked a camel that bucked during an intermission at the Shrine Circus in Pittsburgh, injuring six children and an adult. The investigation repo...
Oct 05, 2018
Alberta Appeal Court upholds sentence for man convicted in fatal gas and dash
CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld the sentence of a Calgary man for killing a gas-station attendant who was trying to stop him from stealing fuel. Joshua Cody Mitchell is serving 11 yea...
Oct 05, 2018
B.C. rec. league hockey player dies after ramming boards in Langley, B.C.
VANCOUVER - A young British Columbia hockey player who died after slamming into the boards during a game in Metro Vancouver is being remembered by a teammate as a “gentle giant,” and ̶...
Oct 05, 2018
Circling around: Floyd Landis starting own Canadian-based cycling team
Floyd Landis is using money he earned by taking down Lance Armstrong to start his own cycling team. The man whose own doping saga cost him the 2006 Tour de France title and eventually helped expose Ar...
Oct 05, 2018