Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada U20 team takes on U.S. in first leg of World Rugby Trophy qualifier
EDMONTON - Centre George Barton will captain the Canadian under-20 team in the first leg of its Junior World Rugby Trophy qualifier against the U.S. on Tuesday. The second leg of the aggregate series ...
Jun 12, 2017
Rogers Sportsnet says average audience for Stanley Cup up 18 per sent over 2016
TORONTO - An average of 2.67 million Canadian viewers tuned in to see the Stanley Cup final between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators, Rogers Sportsnet said in a release Monday. The spor...
Jun 12, 2017
Boy loses mother in 2015 gas-and-dash, father in B.C. car crash two years later
Loved ones do not yet know who will care for a boy whose mother was killed trying to stop a gas-and-dash in 2015 and whose father died in a crash on his way to mark the anniversary last week. Maryam R...
Jun 12, 2017
How Americans see Trudeau: Poll says it's mostly positive, with caveats
WASHINGTON - A new poll offers some insight into how American respondents see foreign leaders, including Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Americans have a more favourable than unfavourabl...
Jun 12, 2017
RCMP firearms call: Boy, 11 is stable after injured in Nunavut shooting
ARVIAT, Nunavut - An 11-year-old boy from Nunavut is recovering in a Winnipeg hospital after police found him with a bullet wound in his abdomen. RCMP in Arviat say officers responded to a firearms ca...
Jun 12, 2017
Who loves him more? Trump's cabinet members gush at meeting
WASHINGTON - Great president or greatest? That appeared to be the question at President Donald Trump’s first meeting of his full Cabinet on Monday, as top aides took turns piling praise on the b...
Jun 12, 2017
UK, France: tougher action on tech firms to fight extremism
LONDON - Britain and France plan tougher action to tackle online radicalization, as they announced Monday a new joint campaign to stop the internet from being a safe space for terrorists. The co-opera...
Jun 12, 2017
'Kinky Boots' cake wins Best in Show at design competition
NEW YORK - A New York City baker says nothing about the design competition she just won was a piece of cake - and that’s including the cake. Ashley Holt is the owner of a Brooklyn cake studio. S...
Jun 12, 2017
Secret Service says it doesn't have any Trump tapes
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Secret Service said Monday it doesn’t have any recordings or transcripts of any tapes recorded within President Donald Trump’s White House, a disclosure that failed t...
Jun 12, 2017
Canada veteran Bernier, teenager Davies excited to face Curacao in friendly
MONTREAL - Veteran Patrice Bernier and teenager Alphonso Davies were like the Odd Couple at the Canadian soccer team camp last week. The 37-year-old captain of the Montreal Impact and the 16-year-old ...
Jun 12, 2017