Category Archives: Canadian Press

CALGARY - With both quarterbacks throwing a lot of passes to a lot of receivers just days ago, Thursday’s game between the Ottawa Redblacks and host Calgary Stampeders will be a stiff test of ea...

HONOLULU - An employee of the Hawaii agency that mistakenly sent cellphone and broadcast alerts about an imminent missile attack earlier this year says he saw staff members watching movies or TV on th...

LOS ANGELES - Just months after California legalized recreational marijuana the state is giving stoner comedian Cheech Marin’s Chicano art museum $9.7 million. It must be kismet. The money was r...

TORONTO - Cricket Canada has high hopes for the Global T20 Canada tournament. “I believe this is a beginning of building Canada as a cricket nation,” said Canada Cricket president Ranjit S...

HALIFAX - A Halifax-based military policeman has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a superior officer during a Royal Canadian Navy exercise in Scotland. A five-man military panel delivered ...

MONTREAL - The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled a pure silver coin containing a small chip from a meteorite to mark the 150th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The society’...

FAIR LAWN, N.J. - The brother of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of a 25-year-man whose body was found in the NFL player’s...

HOUSTON - It isn’t very often that Alex Bregman whiffs on two straight fastballs, so when he did so in the ninth inning on Wednesday it left Houston’s third baseman a bit upset. Fortunatel...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors extended qualifying offers to Fred VanVleet, Malcolm Miller and Nando De Colo on Wednesday to retain their free agent rights. Retaining VanVleet, who was a finalist for t...

TORONTO - Jay Triano recalls a Canadian basketball team practice he was coaching in 2012. Steve Nash was at the opposite end of the court working with a 12-year-old boy and the scene caught TrianoR...