Category Archives: Canadian Press
Petawawa soldier cleared of sex assault, drunkenness charges
OTTAWA - A Canadian Forces corporal charged with sexual assault and drunkenness has been found not guilty on both counts by a military court. Cpl. Simon Cadieux was charged last year following an alle...
May 12, 2017
France beats Belarus, Germany loses to Denmark at ice hockey
PARIS - Stephane Da Costa saved France in a tense 4-3 shootout win against Belarus that kept its quarterfinal hopes alive, while co-host Germany lost to Denmark in overtime at the ice hockey world cha...
May 12, 2017
Trump threatens to cancel briefings; Spicer back at podium
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump threatened to shut down daily press briefings Friday as he sought to defend his White House from criticism of its shifting explanations and misstatements about the fi...
May 12, 2017
Orioles' Adam Jones donates $20K to Negro Leagues museum
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones, the target of racial taunts during a recent game in Boston, has donated $20,000 to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missour...
May 12, 2017
With 'tapes' tweet, Trump evokes Nixon's White House
NEW YORK - For the first time since an Oval Office taping system was removed by President Richard Nixon’s chief of staff nearly 44 years ago, a president has hinted that White House conversation...
May 12, 2017
Stampeders coach Dickenson doesn't feel need to address Grey Cup setback
Dave Dickenson’s preparation for his second season as a CFL head coach won’t include addressing the Calgary Stampeders’ heart-breaking end to the 2016 campaign. After posting a domin...
May 12, 2017
Federal government gives green light for two Montreal safe injection sites
MONTREAL - After a long wait, two supervised injection sites will open in Montreal in a matter of weeks, Quebec’s public health minister announced Friday. Lucie Charlebois says she received word...
May 12, 2017
Ex-baseball star Doug DeCinces guilty of insider trading
SANTA ANA, Calif. - One-time baseball star Doug DeCinces was convicted Friday of insider trading for a stock buy that earned him more than $1 million. The former Angels and Baltimore Orioles third bas...
May 12, 2017
Back on top: Chelsea wins the English Premier League
WEST BROMWICH, England - Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has had the golden touch in his first season in the English Premier League, all the way through to the title-clinching game. With Chelsea scorele...
May 12, 2017
A breakdown of the thorny issues involved in the cultural appropriation debate
TORONTO - A controversial opinion piece that encouraged white writers to explore “the lives of people who aren’t like you” exploded into a heated debate over cultural appropriation, ...
May 12, 2017