Category Archives: Canadian Press
Rockets "parting ways" with 10-time All-Star Anthony
HOUSTON - Carmelo Anthony is done in Houston. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey released a statement Thursday saying the team is “parting ways” with Anthony and “working toward a r...
Nov 15, 2018
NFL provides University of Calgary $12M for research into youth concussions
CALGARY - The University of Calgary is receiving $12 million from the National Football League for research into how to reduce concussion rates in young players. The funding comes from the league̵...
Nov 15, 2018
Orioles-Nats TV dispute back before baseball committee
NEW YORK - The dispute between the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles over television rights fees returned to a committee of baseball executives Thursday after a lengthy court fight. The sides...
Nov 15, 2018
Bloc Quebecois to chose new leader in February
OTTAWA - The Bloc Quebecois will choose a new leader in February. Party president Yves Perron says in a statement that a leadership race will begin Dec. 14, with a new leader to be elected on Feb. 24....
Nov 15, 2018
Independent oversight of senators' expenses not necessary, Tory senator says
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator is pushing back against criticism that a proposal for keeping tabs on senators’ expense claims amounts to asking them to mark their own homework. Sen. David Wells...
Nov 15, 2018
Ticats defensive co-ordinator Glanville "loving everything about" CFL experience
HAMILTON - More than 50 years after taking his first football coaching gig, Jerry Glanville sees the light at the end of the tunnel like only he can. The colourful Glanville is completing his first se...
Nov 15, 2018
Canadian Women's Hockey League staging all-star game, final in Toronto
TORONTO - The Canadian Women’s Hockey League is partnering with the Toronto Maple Leafs to stage its two marquee events this season. The CWHL announced Thursday that it will hold the 2019 all-st...
Nov 15, 2018
Henderson: IOC should go to Europe for '26 Games and give '30 Games to Calgary
TORONTO - Two-time Olympian and former International Olympic Committee member Paul Henderson would like to see the IOC follow its own lead when it comes to the selection of host cities for the Games. ...
Nov 15, 2018
After knee surgery, veteran defender David Edgar savours his time with Canada
Having battled back from knee surgery, veteran defender David Edgar is savouring his time with the Canadian national team. And at 31, with a career that has taken him from Newcastle to Vancouver, the ...
Nov 15, 2018
Children of migrants living in U.S. pushing up American asylum-seeker numbers
OTTAWA - As Canada grapples with an influx of irregular asylum seekers, statistics show a growing number of people seeking refugee protection in Canada are Americans. In 2017, people whose country of ...
Nov 15, 2018