Category Archives: Canadian Press
Marlins sign Canadian outfielder and third-round pick Tristan Pompey
The Miami Marlins signed third-round draft pick and Canadian outfielder Tristan Pompey on Tuesday. Miami selected the Mississauga, Ont., native 89th overall out of the University of Kentucky in the ML...
Jun 26, 2018

Study predicts Trans Mountain pipeline purchase will add to federal deficit
CALGARY - The federal government’s purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline will add significantly to the deficit next year, according to a study by a sustainable energy research group. Buying th...
Jun 26, 2018
Ford invites public to outdoor ceremony after swearing-in as Ontario premier
TORONTO - Doug Ford is set to officially become Ontario’s premier on Friday and he’s inviting the public to come watch. A ceremony is scheduled to take place on the steps of the legislatur...
Jun 26, 2018
Judge dismisses Aboriginal bid to block sale of P.E.I. golf course
CHARLOTTETOWN - The Mi’kmaq have lost a court bid to block the sale of a Crown-owned golf course on Prince Edward Island, but fears over the wider consequences for Aboriginal land title could pr...
Jun 26, 2018

Hockey player burned by campfire out of a coma, fundraising underway for family
CALGARY - A player with the Western Hockey League’s Lethbridge Hurricanes who was burned by a campfire earlier this month has emerged from a medically induced coma. Ryan Vandervlis, a 20-year ol...
Jun 26, 2018
B.C.'s illicit overdose deaths decreasing almost every month this year
VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service has released its latest overdose statistics, showing 109 people died in May from illicit drugs. That’s a decrease of 23 per cent in the number of deaths from ...
Jun 26, 2018
Dad charged in toddler son's death pleads not guilty
DAYTON, Ohio - The father of a 2-year-old Ohio boy who investigators say was accidentally fatally shot by his 13-year-old brother while the teen was playing with a gun has pleaded not guilty to charge...
Jun 26, 2018

Postmedia to close more local newspapers, cut staff cost by 10 per cent
Postmedia Network Inc. will close six small-town newspapers and reduce print publication of four more, while slashing 10 per cent of its total salary outlay through staff layoffs and voluntary buyouts...
Jun 26, 2018
Disciplinary hearing for Toronto cops who allegedly ate pot-infused chocolate
TORONTO - Two Toronto police officers were “in distress” and had to be taken to hospital after allegedly eating a marijuana-laced chocolate bar they took during a raid on a cannabis dispen...
Jun 26, 2018

Right to withhold service over politics varies across Canada: legal expert
TORONTO - A Canadian restaurant owner inundated by angry reviews because her brunch spot bears a similar name to the U.S. eatery that refused to serve White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sander...
Jun 26, 2018