Category Archives: Canadian Press
Screen Actors Guild slams film academy for Oscar tactics
NEW YORK - The Screen Actors Guild on Monday called on the film academy to stop trying to prevent stars from appearing on award shows before the Oscars. In an unusually critical statement, SAG-AFTRA s...
Jan 14, 2019
Brooke Henderson looks to set Canadian golf record in 2019
On the airplane from Ottawa after her Christmas holidays, everyone recognized Brooke Henderson. “That was just kind of different, but kind of cool,” said Henderson with a laugh from Naples...
Jan 14, 2019
Toronto FC picks Clemson defender in MLS draft but most teams pass final 2 rounds
Toronto FC selected Clemson defender Patrick Bunk-Andersen in the third round (64th overall) as the MLS SuperDraft resumed Monday. The 24-year-old from Denmark played 82 games in four seasons at Clems...
Jan 14, 2019
Slain mayor led Polish city known for openness, Solidarity
WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s port city of Gdansk, where the longtime mayor died Monday after being stabbed at a fundraiser, served as the setting for key events in 20th century European history, fr...
Jan 14, 2019
Carbon monoxide leak leads to hospitalization of 43 from Montreal school
MONTREAL - Carbon monoxide levels in the hallways of a Montreal elementary school where 43 people fell ill Monday and required hospital treatment were as much as five times the level that usually trig...
Jan 14, 2019
Man who took 2 women hostage at UPS facility is dead
LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. - An armed man who entered a UPS processing facility Monday morning and held two women hostage for several hours was shot and killed by police as he left the building with the wom...
Jan 14, 2019
Border security shutdown inviting fresh scrutiny of Canada-U.S. threshold
WASHINGTON - The bitter debate about American security prompted Canada’s emissaries in Washington to prepare for another round of defending the world’s longest undefended border on Monday,...
Jan 14, 2019
Gov. Pritzker gives Democrats near-record power in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Billionaire J.B. Pritzker took the oath Monday as Illinois governor, giving Democrats nearly unprecedented power at the Statehouse after four years of divided government only worse...
Jan 14, 2019
Hooker Ray Barkwill among veterans named to Canada's Americas Rugby tourney team
Veterans Ray Barkwill, Nick Blevins, Hubert Buydens and Ciaran Hearn lead Canada’s 28-man roster for the first two games of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship. The Canadian men, currently rank...
Jan 14, 2019
Quebec parties meet to discuss ways to better support sexual assault victims
MONTREAL - Members of Quebec’s three main opposition parties met with the justice minister Monday to discuss how to reform the way Quebec adjudicates sexual assault cases. The meeting came amid ...
Jan 14, 2019