Category Archives: Canadian Press
NHL awards 2018 all-star showcase to Tampa, 3-on-3 tournament returns
NEW YORK - The Tampa Bay Lightning will host the 2018 NHL all-star showcase, the league announced Monday. The mid-season event will take place Jan. 27-28 at Amalie Arena and will be capped by a 3-on-3...
May 29, 2017
Battle to be Mitchell's backup an intense one at Calgary Stampeder camp
CALGARY - With Bo Levi Mitchell the undisputed No. 1 quarterback in Calgary, training camp intrigue at that position shifts to his backup. The Stampeders dealt former No. 2 Drew Tate to the Ottawa Rou...
May 29, 2017
Five things to know about new Conservative leader Andrew Scheer's policies
OTTAWA - Well known on Parliament Hill after four years as Speaker of the House of Commons during Stephen Harper’s majority government, those outside the national capital may know little about n...
May 29, 2017
National women's team veteran Josee Belanger hangs up soccer cleats
MONTREAL - Josee Belanger, who helped Canada to a women’s soccer bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics, has decided to hang up her cleats. Belanger, 31, announced her retirement on Monday. “Co...
May 29, 2017
Toronto Wolfpack await word on halfback Blake Wallace's ankle injury
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack may have lost Australian halfback Blake Wallace for a while. The 24-year-old from Wollongong watched practice Monday wearing a walking boot after injuring an ankle last ...
May 29, 2017
Trans Mountain IPO to proceed despite B.C. Green-NDP deal, Kinder Morgan says
CALGARY - Kinder Morgan says it expects to proceed Tuesday with its initial public offering for the Trans Mountain expansion, just as the anti-pipeline Greens and NDP in B.C. announced they have come ...
May 29, 2017
Calgary man charged in deaths of woman and young daughter to stand trial
CALGARY - A provincial court judge has ordered a Calgary man to stand trial in the killing of a woman and her five-year-old daughter. Edward Downey is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in...
May 29, 2017
Boucher says Senators should be prepared to "start back at zero" next season
OTTAWA - Guy Boucher called the Ottawa Senators’ playoff run a “gigantic step” in the right direction, but cautioned the team should be prepared to start “from scratch” n...
May 29, 2017
NAFTA talks to start in August: Here's what the calendar looks like
WASHINGTON - The Canadian government says it expects negotiations to start this summer for a new North American Free Trade Agreement: “NAFTA negotiations will start in August - not September,...
May 29, 2017
Hearing expected in B.C. human rights case involving transgender inmate
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a transgender woman who was forced to stay in a men’s jail says his client hopes her human rights case against the British Columbia government will change policies for o...
May 29, 2017