Category Archives: Canadian Press
Flames add depth to their blue line by acquiring Oscar Fantenberg from Kings
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames added some depth to their blue line ahead of Monday’s NHL trade deadline, acquiring defenceman Oscar Fantenberg from the Los Angeles Kings for a conditional fourth-r...
Feb 25, 2019
Ariana Grande to play Manchester, 2 years after arena bomb
LONDON - Ariana Grande is returning to Manchester, two years after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at her concert in the northwest England city. Organizers say Grande will be a headliner at the Manc...
Feb 25, 2019
Judge allows Smollett to travel to meet with attorneys
CHICAGO - A Chicago judge says “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett can travel out-of-state to meet his lawyers while he’s free on bond on charges he falsely reported being attacked by two...
Feb 25, 2019
Consular officials in China meet with Kovrig, Global Affairs Canada says
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it met Monday with one of two Canadians detained in China since December. An update from the department said consular officials in China had their fourth visit with...
Feb 25, 2019
Independiente faces frigid condition in Toronto for Champions League rematch
TORONTO - His face concealed by a scarf under a tuque, Toronto FC defender Chris Mavinga looked more like he was going to rob a bank than kick a ball Monday. It was minus-5 Celsius - feeling like minu...
Feb 25, 2019
Toronto Argonauts sign Canadian quarterback Brandon Bridge to one-year deal
TORONTO - Brandon Bridge has realized a childhood dream. The strong-armed quarterback attended Toronto Argonauts games during his youth in Mississauga, Ont., dreaming one day he’d play for the c...
Feb 25, 2019
'Not Canadian enough:' Edmonton woman's girls denied citizenship under 2009 law
EDMONTON - A woman in Alberta says she feels like she’s not Canadian enough after her daughters were denied citizenship. Victoria Maruyama was born in Hong Kong and, because her father was Canad...
Feb 25, 2019
Canada must pay $7M over botched assessment of N.S. quarry project
OTTAWA - A North American free trade panel says Canada has to pay an American company $7 million over a botched environmental review of a quarry it wanted to build in Nova Scotia. The company, Bilcon,...
Feb 25, 2019
Murder trial told that mother alone had opportunity to kill girls
LAVAL, Que. - A Crown attorney told jurors Monday that Adele Sorella was the last person to be seen with her daughters before they were found dead in the family home. In his closing arguments, Simon L...
Feb 25, 2019
Syria's Assad visits Iran in rare trip abroad
TEHRAN, Iran - Syrian President Bashar Assad has made an unannounced trip to Iran, where he met with the supreme leader and other top officials to discuss the planned U.S. troop withdrawal and Turkey&...
Feb 25, 2019