Category Archives: Canadian Press
CFL rules committee recommending second challenge for head coaches
TORONTO - If a CFL head coach’s first challenge is successful, the league’s rules committee is recommending he get a second one this season. Darren Hackwood, the CFL’s senior directo...
Mar 22, 2019
Finance minister tells Halifax business audience not to link budget to election
HALIFAX - Finance Minister Bill Morneau pitched the virtues of his latest budget as logical extension of his past documents in a speech Friday, telling a Halifax business audience they shouldn’t...
Mar 22, 2019
Ohio cuts funding for Planned Parenthood after court OK
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Health is ending grants and contracts that send money to Planned Parenthood after a divided federal appeals court upheld a state anti-abortion law that blocks p...
Mar 22, 2019
Holtby says he won't go with Capitals to White House
ARLINGTON, Va. - Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby said Friday he will not join his teammates next week for a White House celebration of their Stanley Cup championship. Holtby is the second...
Mar 22, 2019
Canadian mixed doubles curling championship down to final 12 teams
FREDERICTON - The playoffs are set at the Canadian mixed doubles curling championship. The field has been trimmed from 32 teams to 12 for the playoffs after round-robin play wrapped up on Friday. Jole...
Mar 22, 2019
B.C. judge orders RCMP to give Meng data on devices seized during arrest
VANCOUVER - A judge has ordered the RCMP to provide copies of the content on seven electronic devices to an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies after they were seized at Vancouver̵...
Mar 22, 2019
Canadian men's soccer squad runs deep with talent: coach
VANCOUVER - Canadian striker Jonathan David didn’t expect to be an immediate sensation in Belgian soccer. But in his first season with Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent, the Ottawa-raised 19-...
Mar 22, 2019
A list of those killed and injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash
The driver of a transport truck who caused the deadly collision last April involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu had pleade...
Mar 22, 2019
Embattled Senators owner Melnyk calls out media, Ottawa mayor Watson
OTTAWA - Embattled Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has once again incurred the wrath of some his team’s fans after making contentious comments on an Ottawa radio show Friday morning. Speaking on CF...
Mar 22, 2019
Michigan deal bars LGBT discrimination in state adoptions
LANSING, Mich. - Faith-based adoption agencies that are paid by the state of Michigan will no longer be able to turn away LGBT couples or individuals because of religious objections under a legal sett...
Mar 22, 2019