Category Archives: Canadian Press

Ottawa Citizen says NHL's Senators refused to let reporter on charter
The Ottawa Citizen said Friday that hockey reporter Ken Warren was denied access to the Ottawa Senators’ team charter to Tampa Bay for a weekend game against the Lightning. The development came ...
Nov 09, 2018

'A surreal moment' as Brodeur, rest of Hockey Hall of Fame class get their rings
TORONTO - Martin Brodeur’s father took pictures of many of the greatest players in NHL history. His son’s plaque now sits amongst those legends in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Three-time Stanl...
Nov 09, 2018

Canadian men ready for last-chance Rugby World Cup qualifier in France
Canada, normally a fixture at the Rugby World Cup, is down to its final chance at qualifying for the sport’s showcase. The Canadian men, ranked 23rd in the world, face No. 28 Kenya on Sunday in ...
Nov 09, 2018

Olympics would mean big revamp to Calgary's aging football stadium: Bid corp.
CALGARY - A potential Calgary bid for the 2026 Winter Games includes a plan to make the city’s aging football stadium more accessible to people with disabilities. Fergal Duff, with the Calgary 2...
Nov 09, 2018
Crossover teams just can't seem to reach Grey Cup game
Since the CFL instituted its crossover rule in 1996, 11 teams have qualified for the playoffs in the opposite division. All of them have come from the west, but there has not been a crossover team in ...
Nov 09, 2018

White supremacist disavowed by UCP and federal Tories joined Bernier's party
OTTAWA - An alleged white supremacist who was kicked out of Alberta’s United Conservative Party found a new political home in Maxime Bernier’s fledgling People’s Party of Canada - at...
Nov 09, 2018
Actor Viggo Mortensen apologizes for using racial slur
LOS ANGELES - Actor Viggo Mortensen has apologized for using a racial slur during a panel discussion about his new film “Green Book.” Mortensen, who is white, appeared Wednesday at the eve...
Nov 09, 2018

Sri Lanka president dissolves Parliament, calls for election
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved Parliament and called for fresh elections amid a deepening political crisis. An official notification signed by Sirisena...
Nov 09, 2018

B.C. Lions looking to be first-ever crossover team to win a Grey Cup
SURREY, B.C. - There have been a lot of early mornings for the B.C. Lions this week. Practices and team meetings were bumped up in an attempt to get players working on eastern time while they trained ...
Nov 09, 2018

Assisted-dying activist remembered at Halifax 'celebration of life'
HALIFAX - Hundreds of people gathered Friday afternoon to remember a terminally ill Halifax woman whose fight to loosen assisted dying laws captured national attention as she dispensed wisdom about li...
Nov 09, 2018