Category Archives: Canadian Press
Aaron Brown wins 200 metres, Michael Mason takes high jump at Golden Grand Prix
KAWASAKI, Japan - Canada’s Aaron Brown won the men’s 200 metres on Sunday at a Golden Grand Prix event. The Toronto native finished with a time of 20.62 seconds, edging Dedric Dukes of the...
May 21, 2017
Human rights concerns prove no obstacle in Trump-Saudi ties
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - On his first overseas visit, President Donald Trump presided over a nearly $110 billion sale of military equipment to Saudi Arabia that made clear his administration did ...
May 21, 2017
Egypt refers militants to military trial over church attacks
CAIRO - Egypt’s chief prosecutor has referred 48 suspected Islamic militants to a military trial over their alleged participation in deadly attacks targeting Christian churches. The attacks on a...
May 21, 2017
Flynn rejects Trump-Russia probe subpoena; Dems say he lied
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in rebuffing a subpoena Monday in the investig...
May 21, 2017
Brazilians call for president to resign after graft charges
SAO PAULO - Brazilians around the country staged demonstrations Sunday calling for their president to step down after the supreme court opened an investigation into allegations he endorsed the payment...
May 21, 2017
'Migrant Mother' photographer's images of oppressed resonate
OAKLAND, Calif. - Dorothea Lange was driving by a pea pickers’ camp on the California coast when she stumbled across a weary mother and her many children huddled in a lean-to. It was 1936, durin...
May 21, 2017
Toronto Wolfpack winning but feeling humble on transatlantic rugby league journey
TORONTO - After handing the next best team in their league a 68-point drubbing, the Toronto Wolfpack are rethinking their strategy. Coach Paul Rowley is digging into his roster. The former England hoo...
May 21, 2017
Boy, 8, found dead in northwestern Ontario provincial park
KENORA, Ont. - Provincial police in Kenora, Ont., say an eight-year-old boy was found dead at Rushing River Provincial Park. OPP say they were called to investigate reports of a missing person. They s...
May 21, 2017
Sakic, Selanne, Koivu among eight inductees into IIHF Hall of Fame
COLOGNE, Germany - Joe Sakic was one of eight inductees named to the 2017 class of the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame on Sunday. Uwe Krupp and Teemu Selanne - two of Sakic’s fo...
May 21, 2017
Grand chief's 120-km walk to counter Canada 150 festivities, honour resilience
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba indigenous leader plans to walk 120 kilometres next month in a decidedly different commemoration of Canada’s 150th birthday. Derek Nepinak, grand chief of the Assembly of M...
May 21, 2017