Category Archives: Canadian Press
California governor seeks smaller education, child care cuts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday dialed back his proposed cuts for schools and child care, citing an improved fiscal outlook since January that could cover $1.5 billion mor...
May 11, 2017
ESPN gives a Sunday home to its top magazine show
NEW YORK - ESPN says it is putting a sharper focus on its long-form journalism with Sunday’s launch of the revamped magazine show “E:60,” with Bob Ley and Jeremy Schaap as hosts. The...
May 11, 2017
Picks: Preds, Pens will foil chances of 2007 Stanley Cup final rematch
Ten years ago, the Ottawa Senators met the Anaheim Ducks in their first-ever Stanley Cup final. Could history repeat itself this spring? We’re guessing not. Here are our picks for the Eastern an...
May 11, 2017
Caps' Alex Ovechkin finished playoffs with lower-body injury
Russian hockey officials announced Thursday that Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin played through injury before Washington was eliminated from the NHL playoffs in the second round by the Pittsburgh Pen...
May 11, 2017
Trump trade czar now in place; president says he wants 'massive' NAFTA changes
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s ready to start a major renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, now that his trade czar has achieved his long-awaited confirma...
May 11, 2017
Proposed class action launched against former Anglican minister Ralph Rowe
TORONTO - A notorious former Anglican minister and scout leader convicted of sexually abusing dozens of indigenous boys over a 12-year period is among those named in a lawsuit seeking more than $100 m...
May 11, 2017
Medical student panicked and incoherent after shooting, Halifax trial told
HALIFAX - Medical student William Sandeson was panicked and incoherent as he tried to clean up around a man’s blood-covered body in his apartment, a Halifax jury heard Thursday. Justin Blades sa...
May 11, 2017
Canadian women's hockey team Olympic centralization roster
CALGARY - Hockey Canada’s roster of players invited to try out for the 2018 women’s Olympic hockey team, with home town and team: Shannon Szabados, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan (CHL); Genev...
May 11, 2017
Canada's bid for a fifth Olympic women's hockey gold starts with 28 hopefuls
CALGARY - Half the players invited to try out for Canada’s Olympic women’s hockey team know what’s coming. The other half don’t. Jillian Saulnier has heard veterans talk about ...
May 11, 2017
Report says most domestic violence victims in Saskatchewan are women, children
REGINA - A panel examining domestic violence says most domestic homicide victims in Saskatchewan have been women and a third were children. The panel’s interim report released Thursday by the ju...
May 11, 2017