Category Archives: Canadian Press
Star goalie Mike DiPietro gets second chance at world juniors dream
VANCOUVER - A stark message sporadically popped up on Mike DiPietro’s phone over the past year. “Got cut from world juniors,” it read. After missing out on wearing the Maple Leaf in ...
Dec 10, 2018
Toronto FC sets stage for player acquisition in allocation deal with San Jose
Toronto FC set the stage for a player acquisition Monday by moving up the player allocation ranking list in a deal with the San Jose Earthquakes. Toronto jumped to No. 2 in the allocation ranking orde...
Dec 10, 2018
Salty letter from Canada's Bassett to Trump kicks off "Football for a Buck" book
Author Jeff Pearlman doesn’t wait long to get the reader’s attention in his book on the United States Football League. A vitriolic six-paragraph letter from Canadian John F. Bassett to fel...
Dec 10, 2018
Report: USOC and others delayed in response to Nassar
DENVER - An independent report details a toxic pattern of bureaucratic paralysis among Olympic leaders who reacted slowly, if at all, after they knew Larry Nassar was suspected of molesting young gymn...
Dec 10, 2018
Minister appoints former CIRB chair to resolve Canada Post labour dispute
OTTAWA - A former industrial-relations heavyweight has been appointed to bring a conclusion to the Canada Post labour dispute, two weeks after the federal government legislated an end to rotating stri...
Dec 10, 2018
Three's a Crowd: Experts say adding WHL team to Winnipeg would be a challenge
Moving a Canadian Hockey League team to a crowded market like Winnipeg that already boasts NHL and AHL clubs would present several challenges, sports business industry professionals said. According to...
Dec 10, 2018
Omar Khadr to ask for Canadian passport to travel, permission to speak to sister
EDMONTON - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr wants to be granted a Canadian passport to travel to Saudi Arabia and permission to speak to his controversial sister. Khadr, who is now 32, will b...
Dec 10, 2018
Goodale to 'examine' transfer of Rafferty to medium-security prison
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says he will examine the transfer of Victoria Stafford’s murderer Michael Rafferty from a maximum-security prison to a medium-security facility - a ...
Dec 10, 2018
Victims of bad lawyers falling through the mandatory compensation cracks
TORONTO - Victims of negligent lawyers in Ontario are being cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars despite court-ordered awards in their favour because the insurance legal professionals must ...
Dec 10, 2018
Ottawa announces new approach to managing aquaculture industry Canada
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is restructuring how it deals with the aquaculture industry in an attempt to bring more economic returns and environmental sustainability to the sector. Fisheries Mini...
Dec 10, 2018