Category Archives: Canadian Press
Banged-up Eskimos lose three more players to season-ending injuries
EDMONTON - The injuries keep piling up for the Edmonton Eskimos. The CFL team announced Tuesday that offensive lineman Jean-Simon Roy and long-snapper Ryan King have both sustained a torn right anteri...
Aug 22, 2017
Montreal Impact midfielder Ignacio Piatti named MLS player of the week
NEW YORK - Montreal midfielder Ignacio Piatti was named Major League Soccer player of the week on Tuesday after leading the Impact to a pair of victories. Piatti scored two goals in Montreal’s 3...
Aug 22, 2017
Costs for record-breaking wildfires soar in B.C. as crews battle largest blaze
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Finance Minister Carole James says the worst wildfire season in British Columbia’s history is expected to put a dent in the provincial budget as firefighters battle the largest ...
Aug 22, 2017
Legalization of pot should recognize 'systemic racism' of status quo: Liberal MP
The plan to legalize marijuana should recognize that the black community has been overly criminalized for using the drug, says a Liberal MP who is calling on the government to consider that perspectiv...
Aug 22, 2017
Parents warned to monitor teen use of app Sarahah
WINNIPEG - The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is warning parents of the dangers of an app popular with teens called Sarahah. The app allows users to send anonymous “constructive criticism&...
Aug 22, 2017
Toronto's Green and Winnipeg's Harris and Nichols named CFL top performers
TORONTO - Running back Andrew Harris and quarterback Matt Nichols of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were named CFL top performers of the week Tuesday along with Toronto Argonauts receiver SJ Green. Harris ...
Aug 22, 2017
Leadership hopeful accuses rival of downplaying domestic violence charge
WINNIPEG - Indigenous activist, author and rookie politician Wab Kinew is being accused of downplaying decade-old domestic violence charges as he heads into the final stretch of the Manitoba NDP leade...
Aug 22, 2017
Brazen bear punched after breaking into home on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
GIBSONS, B.C. - Police say a black bear has been put down after it broke into a home and terrified a family in Gibsons, B.C. Sunshine Coast RCMP say Elery Froude was home with her two sons and a famil...
Aug 22, 2017
George and Amal Clooney donate $1M to fight hate groups
LOS ANGELES - George and Amal Clooney are donating $1 million to fight hate groups. The couple announced Tuesday that their Clooney Foundation for Justice is supporting the Southern Poverty Law Center...
Aug 22, 2017
Michigan man in 1995 murder case released from prison
JACKSON, Mich. - A Michigan man convicted in the 1995 killing of a man who expressed romantic interest in him on national television has been released from prison. The Michigan Department of Correctio...
Aug 22, 2017