Category Archives: Canadian Press
Former CFL receiver Evraire makes decision to donate brain to Boston University
Ken Evraire will donate his brain to science but the former CFL receiver is fearful about what doctors might find. “They could say, ‘We examined his brain and found nothing,” the 52-...
Aug 17, 2017
Shapovalov confident heading into US Open qualifying, but knows he has room to grow
MONTREAL - Rising Canadian tennis star Denis Shapovalov knows not every week will replicate the magic of his Rogers Cup semifinal run. The 18-year-old shot from 143rd to 67th in the ATP singles rankin...
Aug 17, 2017
Western University music students to live in retirement home alongside seniors
When Western University graduate Heather Gingerich saw a news segment about an Ohio retirement home where music students lived alongside seniors, she was amazed at the electric atmosphere as the young...
Aug 17, 2017
HBO regains control of hacked social media accounts
NEW YORK - HBO says it has regained control of its social media accounts after the latest security breach to hit the entertainment company. The hacking group OurMine on Wednesday night took over sever...
Aug 17, 2017
Canadian U Box It wins u-u-uge trademark battle over American U-Haul
OTTAWA - A family-owned Canadian garbage business is claiming victory over huge American moving company U-Haul International in a David-versus-Goliath battle involving whose U-themed brands deserve tr...
Aug 17, 2017
Teachers knew half of the kids on ill-fated canoe trip had failed swim test:TDSB
TORONTO - Two teachers knew that nearly half of the 32 students they accompanied on an ill-fated canoe trip earlier this summer had failed a required swim test but allowed them to go anyway, the Toron...
Aug 17, 2017
Immigration board to audit process for reviewing long-term detention
TORONTO - The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada says it will carry out an independent audit of the process used to reassess the long-term detention of permanent residents and foreigners after tw...
Aug 17, 2017
Canadian schools reluctant to embrace later bell times despite mounting research
TORONTO - A wave of international research suggesting delaying high school start times would have health and academic benefits for students has not yet crested in Canada. Several individual boards and...
Aug 17, 2017
Legal deal over harsh CIA interrogations marks a milestone
SPOKANE, Wash. - A settlement in a landmark lawsuit against two psychologists who helped design the CIA’s harsh interrogation methods used in the war on terror marked the first time the agency o...
Aug 17, 2017
Barcelona van attack kills 13 in agonizing repeat for Europe
BARCELONA, Spain - A van veered onto a promenade and barrelled down the busy walkway in central Barcelona on Thursday, swerving back and forth as it mowed down pedestrians and turned a picturesque tou...
Aug 17, 2017