Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ontario man charged in theft of 200 frozen turkey pot pies from church
INGERSOLL, Ont. - Police in southwestern Ontario say they’ve arrested an alleged pie thief, but 200 pies are still missing. Last week, police said they were investigating after frozen turkey pot...
Jun 02, 2017
Ottawa Senators centre Derick Brassard to undergo shoulder surgery
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators announced today that centre Derick Brassard will require surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder. Ottawa general manager Pierre Dorion said in a statement th...
Jun 02, 2017
Canadian powerlifter Jamael tests positive for 11 banned substances
OTTAWA - Canadian powerlifter Thomas Jamael has been banned four years after testing positive for 11 banned substances. Jamael’s urine sample was tested in-competition on Feb. 11. It revealed th...
Jun 02, 2017
Health Canada looking into complaints about Banana Boat sunscreen
Jun 02, 2017
NDP, Green agreement to govern B.C. trumpets rep-by-pop vote system
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s New Democrats and Greens signed a four-year political manifesto Tuesday with a long list of ambitions to run the province, including a new voting system and a ban o...
Jun 02, 2017
Lockdown lifted at Texas air base after 'security incident'
SAN ANTONIO - Military officials say the lockdown of a U.S. Air Force base in Texas has been lifted after a preliminary search of a community centre there did not reveal any danger. Authorities at Joi...
Jun 02, 2017
O'Reilly's next book is 'Killing England,' coming Sept. 19
NEW YORK - Bill O’Reilly’s next book, and the first announced since his ouster from Fox News in April, brings his multimillion-selling “Killing” historical series to the Revolu...
Jun 02, 2017
US museum returns ancient Egyptian stele missing since WWII
BERLIN - An ancient artifact lost in the chaos of World War II. An American scientist hunting for Nazi secret weapons. An archaeologist who dug into dusty archives to prove a hunch. What sounds like t...
Jun 02, 2017
UCLA creates $1M in scholarships in name of Jackie Robinson
LOS ANGELES - UCLA is creating $1 million worth of scholarships in the name of Jackie Robinson for male athletes in the four sports the baseball Hall of Famer played while attending the school. The Ja...
Jun 02, 2017
Winnipeg receivers hope to catch a break on the injury front in 2017
WINNIPEG - Darvin Adams would be happy to haul in some long bombs and take it to the house. Weston Dressler is gearing up to turn some short passes into big gains. But what the Winnipeg Blue Bombers r...
Jun 02, 2017