Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadian women's rink rolls to win over Japan at world junior championships
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - Canada’s Selena Sturmay never trailed en route to a 9-6 win over Japan’s Ani Enami on Monday at the world junior curling championships. Sturmay’s Edmonton-based rin...
Feb 18, 2019
Protesters across U.S. rail against Trump's emergency, demand Congress act
WASHINGTON - Americans furious with President Donald Trump’s latest gambit for financing his long-promised border wall vented their frustrations Monday, gathering at protests across the country ...
Feb 18, 2019
Canada Winter Games using new gender inclusion policy at 2019 event
Athletes at the 2019 Canada Winter Games can live and compete as the gender they identify with. It’s another groundbreaking initiative for a Canadian multi-sport event that prides itself on bein...
Feb 18, 2019
Vandal topples wax statue of Sean 'Diddy' Combs
NEW YORK - Police say someone attacked a statue of Sean “Diddy” Combs at Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York, shoving the rap impresario’s likeness so forcefully it lost its head....
Feb 18, 2019
Men appeal conviction in Via Rail terror plot, argue jury improperly selected
Two men found guilty of terrorism charges after being accused of plotting to derail a passenger train are asking Ontario’s highest court to grant them a new trial, arguing the jury that convicte...
Feb 18, 2019
French judge refuses to block Catholic sex scandal movie
PARIS - A French judge refused Monday to block the release this week in French cinemas of a movie based on a Catholic sex scandal. French director Francois Ozon’s film “Grace a Dieu”...
Feb 18, 2019
'Making this up:' Study says oilsands assessments marred by weak science
EDMONTON - Dozens of oilsands environmental impact studies are marred by inconsistent science that’s rarely subjected to independent checks, says a university study. “It doesn’t make...
Feb 18, 2019
Country star Miranda Lambert reveals secret marriage
NASHVILLE - Country star Miranda Lambert celebrated Valentine’s Day weekend with the announcement that she secretly got married. A representative for the singer confirmed the marriage after Lamb...
Feb 18, 2019
Don Cheadle sports political shirts as he hosts 'SNL'
NEW YORK - Don Cheadle delivered some political messages along with jokes as he hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the first time. The actor sported a T-shirt that said “Protect Trans ...
Feb 18, 2019
Julia Roberts to receive George Eastman Award for movie work
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Actress Julia Roberts will be this year’s recipient of the George Eastman Award, given to honour contributions to the art of cinema. The George Eastman Museum in Rochester says...
Feb 18, 2019