Category Archives: Canadian Press
Study finds female-led films outperform male ones
NEW YORK - A study organized by Time’s Up, the organization formed to promote gender equality, has found that female-led films consistently outperform male-led movies at the box office. The stud...
Dec 11, 2018
Protesters demanding clemency for woman, interrupt governor
NASHVILLE - Gov. Bill Haslam told a group of protesters demanding clemency for a Tennessee woman serving life in prison that he’s reviewing her case. Cyntoia Brown was 16 when she killed a man w...
Dec 11, 2018
Rapper Ty Dolla $ign indicted on felony drug charges
ATLANTA - Singer and rapper Ty Dolla $ign faces drug charges in Atlanta. Court records show a Fulton County grand jury indicted the 36-year-old musician on Nov. 30 on charges of felony possession of c...
Dec 11, 2018
Memoirist who wrote about priest dad wins Thurber prize
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A woman who wrote a memoir about having a married Roman Catholic priest for a father has won the country’s top humour writing prize. Patricia Lockwood, author of “Priestda...
Dec 11, 2018
Bahamian forward Leashja Grant thankful for second chance at Lakehead
TORONTO - One of Canadian university’s most dominant players was a grocery cashier at a corner store in Nassau only a couple of seasons ago. U.S. visa issues had prevented Leashja Grant from ret...
Dec 11, 2018
NLL announces 13th team; New York-based club to start play in 2019-20
PHILADELPHIA - A team in metropolitan New York will join the National Lacrosse League for the 2019-20 season. The league made the announcement in a release Tuesday. The team will become the NLL’...
Dec 11, 2018
Longtime New Democrat Robinson considers political return in Burnaby riding
OTTAWA - Former New Democrat stalwart Svend Robinson says he is strongly considering a return to federal politics, noting his former party is facing challenging times. Robinson, 66, represented the Va...
Dec 11, 2018
Toodle-oo Tulo: Blue Jays release veteran shortstop Troy Tulowitzki
TORONTO - Troy Tulowitzki had no plans to be anything but a starting shortstop upon his return from injury. The Toronto Blue Jays felt it was unlikely he’d be able to play regularly at an above-...
Dec 11, 2018
Leafs prospect Liljegren's world junior availability in jeopardy after injury
Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Timothy Liljegren’s chances of playing for Sweden at the world junior hockey championship are in jeopardy. The 19-year-old Marlies defenceman suffered a high ankle s...
Dec 11, 2018
Attack at Christmas market in French city kills 3, wounds 12
STRASBOURG, France - A man who had been flagged as a possible extremist sprayed gunfire near the famous Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday, killing three people, wounding up ...
Dec 11, 2018