Category Archives: Canadian Press
Frank King, who brought the 1988 Winter Olympic Games to Calgary, dies at 81
CALGARY - Frank King, one of the architects of the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988, has died at the age of 81. King was the chief executive officer of Calgary’s organizing committee. King and Bo...
May 10, 2018
Marley's granddaughter wants accountability for police stop
NEW YORK - Bob Marley’s granddaughter said Thursday that she felt like her life was put in danger when a woman saw her and three friends leaving an Airbnb rental in California, got suspicious an...
May 10, 2018
Sex-abuse lawsuits illustrate USOC's difficult path
DENVER - Two lawsuits filed recently against the U.S. Olympic Committee illustrate the peril the federation finds itself in over its handling of decades’ worth of sex-abuse cases, while shining ...
May 10, 2018
Saskatoon's Brett Levis battles back from serious knee injury with Whitecaps
VANCOUVER - Defender Brett Levis made his Major League Soccer debut for the Vancouver Whitecaps when he came on in the 84th minute of a game against the Portland Timbers on Oct. 23, 2016. In his brief...
May 10, 2018
Residential school victims lose document fight; Appeal Court sides with Ottawa
TORONTO - Survivors of the notorious St. Anne’s residential school have no right to documents they argued were crucial to compensating them for the horrific abuses they suffered, Ontario’s...
May 10, 2018
Coogler reflects on the tsunami of 'Black Panther' in Cannes
CANNES, France - Film director Ryan Coogler says “The Godfather” was a major influence on “Black Panther,” but he was apprehensive about making that public. In a talk at the Ca...
May 10, 2018
Alberta adds two-year sunset clause to bill that would regulate oil shipments
EDMONTON - Alberta is putting an expiry date on proposed legislation that would allow the province to regulate oil and gas shipments. The government has said it might use such a law against British Co...
May 10, 2018
Tim Hortons president vows to improve relationship with franchisees after unrest
TORONTO - Tim Hortons is ready to make amends. President Alex Macedo has been crisscrossing the country over the last few days, meeting with thousands of franchisees in a bid to regain their trust and...
May 10, 2018
State: High court shouldn't review 'Making a Murderer' case
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Department of Justice attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request to review the conviction of an inmate featured in the “Making a Murderer” do...
May 10, 2018
Music mural displayed for 1st time since Hurricane Katrina
NEW ORLEANS - A mural that covered the wall of a pioneering New Orleans bar is back on display for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. The 29-foot-long (9-meter-long) painting, which caricatures m...
May 10, 2018