Category Archives: Canadian Press
A slur or a slip-up? Meteorologist is fired, city is roiled
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Did a TV meteorologist broadcast a racial slur or simply flub a line? That polarizing question has reverberated in this upstate New York city and beyond since WHEC fired Jeremy Kappe...
Jan 09, 2019
Sundance adds Michael Jackson Neverland doc about accusers
LOS ANGELES - A documentary film about two boys who accused Michael Jackson of sexual abuse is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival later this month. The Sundance Institute announced the addi...
Jan 09, 2019
Lawyer: Georgia prosecutor seeking info about R. Kelly
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. - A lawyer representing a couple who appeared in a recent documentary detailing abuse allegations against R. Kelly said prosecutors in Georgia have reached out to him. Atlanta-based l...
Jan 09, 2019
CFL pledges over $4 million to Canadian amateur football ranks in 2019
MONT-TREMBLANT, Que. - The CFL and its member clubs have pledged to donate over $4 million to amateur football this year. The league made the announcement Wednesday during its GM and presidents meetin...
Jan 09, 2019
Saunders, Pompey to lead Canada in Pan Am baseball qualifying tournament
OTTAWA - Former Blue Jay Michael Saunders and triple-A outfielder Dalton Pompey headline Canada’s 24-man roster for the Pan American Games qualifying tournament, Baseball Canada announced Wednes...
Jan 09, 2019
NHL Notebook: Predators getting healthy, starting to find their game
P.K. Subban couldn’t say no to reality TV. The Predators defenceman with a larger-than-life personality announced on New Year’s Day he would be starring in his own show beginning later thi...
Jan 09, 2019
Canadian goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair one to watch at MLS SuperDraft
While Dayne St. Clair wears No. 99, his brief is stopping goals not scoring them. And the Canadian goalkeeper is exceedingly good at it. The 21-year-old from Pickering, Ont., finished his collegiate c...
Jan 09, 2019
Actor Joe Manganiello plays D&D at children's hospital
PITTSBURGH - Actor Joe Manganiello stopped by a Pittsburgh children’s hospital to lead patients in a game of Dungeons and Dragons. The 42-year-old “True Blood” actor , who is married...
Jan 09, 2019
Bottcher, De Cruz advance to A final at Canadian Open with fifth draw wins
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher downed Regina’s Matt Dunstone 6-3 on Wednesday night in the fifth draw of the Canadian Open. Bottcher had a deuce in the sixth end and...
Jan 09, 2019
Vice Media makes last-ditch attempt to keep reporter's materials from RCMP
TORONTO - A high profile RCMP demand for a journalist’s background materials related to interviews with a suspected terrorist should be set aside even though Canada’s top court recently up...
Jan 09, 2019