Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's Georgia Simmerling helps team capture silver in return to cycling
CAMBRIDGE, New Zealand - Georgia Simmerling helped Canada capture a silver medal in a World Cup women’s team pursuit as she returned to track cycling after a serious injury. The 29-year-old West...
Jan 18, 2019
Winnipeg Blue Bombers release veteran linebacker Ian Wild after six seasons
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers released American Ian Wild on Friday. Wild spent six seasons with Winnipeg. He appeared in 67 career games recording 245 defensive tackles, 60 special-teams tackle...
Jan 18, 2019
Federal ministers seek to reassure family of Canadian woman missing in West Africa
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday all indications are that a Canadian woman who has been missing in Burkina Faso for more than a month is still alive. Fears for the well-bei...
Jan 18, 2019
Trudeau acknowledges global turmoil is making Canadians anxious, fearful
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Justin Trudeau acknowledged Friday that Canadians are anxious about the upheavals occurring around the globe - with Canada recently seeming to have become the world’s favourit...
Jan 18, 2019
Now is not the time for Trudeau to call Chinese president, says ambassador
OTTAWA - Diplomacy needs more time before the prime minister tries personally to settle the fight between Ottawa and Beijing that has left two Canadians detained in China and another facing the death ...
Jan 18, 2019
Kenya court orders 6 suspects held over Nairobi hotel attack
NAIROBI, Kenya - A Canadian national and five other people suspected of helping extremist gunmen stage a deadly attack in the Kenyan capital this week appeared in court on Friday as prosecutors invest...
Jan 18, 2019
Hamilton Ticats re-sign Canadian receiver/running back Sean Thomas Erlington
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed Canadian running back/receiver Sean Thomas Erlington to a two-year contract Friday. Thomas Erlington, 26, has appeared in 28 regular-season games in two se...
Jan 18, 2019
Another ice disk grabs attention in Maine
MILLINOCKET, Maine - The massive ice disk that formed on a Maine river has a baby brother. Officials at Baxter State Park in northern Maine shared a photo of an ice disk that’s about 30 or 40 fe...
Jan 18, 2019
Manufacturing surge pushes industrial production up 0.3 pct
WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production increased 0.3 per cent in December, led by the biggest surge in manufacturing in ten months. The Federal Reserve said Friday that that manufacturing output jump...
Jan 18, 2019
Total lunar eclipse meets supermoon Sunday night
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one. The moon, Earth and sun will line up this weekend for the only total lunar eclipse this year and next. At t...
Jan 18, 2019