Category Archives: Canadian Press
Andrew Harris, Sinopoli and Trevor Harris named CFL top performers for Week 6
TORONTO - Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris, Ottawa receiver Brad Sinopoli and Redblacks quarterback Trevor Harris are the CFL’s top performers for Week 6. Andrew Harris, a Winnipeg native, ru...
Jul 24, 2018
Opioid crisis: New Brunswick considering lawsuit to recoup health care costs
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick says it’s considering launching or joining a lawsuit aimed at recovering health care costs from the growing opioid crisis. At least 241 people in New Brunswick have d...
Jul 24, 2018
Dancers on Egyptian streets accused of violating traffic law
CAIRO - People who took to the streets in Egypt for an online dance challenge face penalties over allegations they endangered lives and violated public decency, the state media reported on Tuesday. Th...
Jul 24, 2018
Kay MacBeth, the last surviving member of the Edmonton Grads, dies at 96
TORONTO - They were basketball’s version of “A League of Their Own,” only better, a group of trailblazing women who utterly dominated their sport for a quarter of a century. And on S...
Jul 24, 2018
LA chief says police, not gunman, fired fatal shot at market
LOS ANGELES - A supermarket worker was killed by a bullet fired by Los Angeles police - not the gunman they were trying to stop - the city’s police chief acknowledged Tuesday, defending the deci...
Jul 24, 2018
Toronto FC looks to dispatch Ottawa in Canadian Championship semifinal
TORONTO - While Toronto FC is still mired near the bottom of the MLS standings, the mood is a little more upbeat these days. The return of star striker Jozy Altidore, Spanish playmaker Victor Vazquez ...
Jul 24, 2018
Ottawa looking at stricter handgun controls to stem violence, Goodale says
OTTAWA - The federal government is prepared to consider tightening handgun laws, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told reporters Tuesday as he responded to questions surrounding the deadly weekend...
Jul 24, 2018
Canadian golfer Graham DeLaet set to undergo back surgery
Canadian pro golfer Graham DeLaet says he’ll miss another 6-12 months following back surgery. DeLaet said on Twitter that he will undergo microdiscectomy surgery, the same procedure he had on a ...
Jul 24, 2018
Family hopes to protect chair they believe has piece of Halifax Explosion anchor
HALIFAX - It is chunky, heavy and looks like something out of a “Game of Thrones” set. But, a Halifax-area woman says the concrete-and-metal chair that has sat on her family’s waterf...
Jul 24, 2018
Man charged in Toronto gay village death seeks bail
TORONTO - A man accused of killing a young woman in Toronto’s gay village last year is seeking bail at a two-day hearing that began Tuesday. Kalen Schlatter is charged with first-degree murder i...
Jul 24, 2018