Category Archives: Canadian Press
Europe offers UK a little more time for Brexit
BRUSSELS - Worn down by three years of indecision in London, European Union leaders on Thursday grudgingly offered the U.K. more time to ease itself out of the bloc, delaying by several weeks - but no...
Mar 21, 2019
'He's going to be dynamic': Sens prospect Erik Brannstrom adjusting after trade
Erik Brannstrom hadn’t heard any rumblings ahead of the NHL trade deadline. A first-round pick of the Vegas Golden Knights, the 19-year-old was monitoring the trickle of moves as 3 p.m. ET on Fe...
Mar 21, 2019
Young midfielder Richie Laryea comes home, signs deal with Toronto FC
Toronto FC has signed Canadian midfielder Richie Laryea. The 24-year-old from Toronto, who was a trialist with TFC during training camp, was taken seventh overall by Orlando City in the 2016 MLS Super...
Mar 21, 2019
Ex-President Temer arrested in Brazil on corruption charges
RIO DE JANEIRO - Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was arrested Thursday on corruption charges, a dramatic development in a sprawling graft probe that has roiled Latin America’s largest na...
Mar 21, 2019
Escaped wallaby goes on walkabout in Dallas neighbourhood
DALLAS - A wallaby who apparently escaped his owners went on a walkabout in an east Dallas neighbourhood before being recaptured. Tim Tiernan said he and his wife were taking a morning walk Wednesday ...
Mar 21, 2019
Canadian teenager Alphonso Davies diagnosed with stretched knee ligament
MUNICH - Canadian teenager Alphonso Davies has a stretched ligament in his right knee that will keep him out of Canada’s CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game Sunday in Vancouver. Canadian off...
Mar 21, 2019
Daniels: 'Pain and anger' around 'Empire' in recent weeks
LOS ANGELES - “Empire” co-creator and executive producer Lee Daniels says the weeks since cast member Jussie Smollett was arrested and charged with fabricating a racist and homophobic atta...
Mar 21, 2019
K-pop star Jung Joon-young arrested in sex video scandal
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean police on Thursday arrested K-pop singer Jung Joon-young over allegations that he illegally shared sexually explicit videos of women taken without their knowle...
Mar 21, 2019
Liberals pledge $253 million to undo Tory-era changes to benefits tribunal
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are promising to spend more than $250 million to revamp the body Canadians turn to with disputes over access to federal benefits, partially restoring the system that exis...
Mar 21, 2019
'I'm a little numb:' Killer of B.C. gas station attendant Grant De Patie dies
BLIND BAY, B.C. - The mother of a British Columbia gas station attendant dragged to death under a vehicle more than a decade ago, says she is “numb” to learn her son’s killer has die...
Mar 21, 2019