Category Archives: Canadian Press
Impact head to Columbus short at left back after Oyongo, Lovitz injuries
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact will have to improvise at the left back position with Ambroise Oyongo and Daniel Lovitz both out with knee injuries. Right back Chris Duvall will move over to the left s...
Jun 23, 2017
Mulcair raises red flags after Canadian sniper breaks record in Iraq
OTTAWA - NDP leader Tom Mulcair is forgoing the celebration and raising red flags following reports that a Canadian sniper in Iraq shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill. In a lette...
Jun 23, 2017
Military heads want transgender enlistment hold
WASHINGTON - Military chiefs will seek a six-month delay before letting transgender people enlist in their services, officials said Friday. After meetings this week, the service leaders hammered out a...
Jun 23, 2017
World's Ugliest Dog Contest awards underdogs' inner beauty
PETALUMA, Calif. - The World’s Ugliest Dog Contest in California is celebrating the inner beauty and imperfections of man’s best friend on Friday. The pooches - many of which are adoptable...
Jun 23, 2017
Hawks boldly shake up roster as trades sweep NHL, overshadow draft weekend
CHICAGO - Two days after they were swept by the Nashville Predators, general manager Stan Bowman bubbled and boiled and promised change, above all, to the Chicago Blackhawks. That change came in loud ...
Jun 23, 2017
Depp's 'assassin' comments the latest in celebrity anger
NEW YORK - Johnny Depp apologized Friday for joking about assassinating Donald Trump during an appearance at a large festival in Britain, the latest example of artists using violent imagery when deali...
Jun 23, 2017
B.C. Lions, Edmonton Eskimos both optimistic ahead of season opener
VANCOUVER - T.J. Lee was always the one to encourage a teammate felled by injury. When the B.C. Lions defensive back went down early last season with a ruptured Achilles tendon, he learned just how ho...
Jun 23, 2017
Nerwinski helping to fill defensive void as Whitecaps prepare to visit Minnesota
Jake Nerwinski didn’t want his chance to come about this way. The rookie defender for the Vancouver Whitecaps earned two league starts during the club’s busy early schedule before settling...
Jun 23, 2017
Activist vying for non-binary birth certificate taking N.L. to court
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A transgender activist vying for a non-binary birth certificate is taking legal action against the Newfoundland and Labrador government as part of an effort to have a gender o...
Jun 23, 2017
Info reforms would put Canada 46th among countries, just behind Peru: centre
OTTAWA - Even once reforms proposed by the Trudeau government are in place, Canada would sit only 46th on a list of global freedom-of-information rankings - sandwiched between Peru and Bulgaria. The H...
Jun 23, 2017