Category Archives: Canadian Press

LA prosecutors investigate another Kevin Spacey assault case
Los Angeles County prosecutors are investigating allegations of a 2016 sexual assault by Kevin Spacey for possible criminal charges. Spokesman Greg Risling said Wednesday that a district attorney̵...
Aug 22, 2018

Ontario asks court to toss application from Tesla over electric vehicle rebates
TORONTO - Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government has asked the province’s Superior Court to throw out a petition from the Canadian arm of Tesla Inc. that claims the U.S. company has...
Aug 22, 2018
Auger-Aliassime advances in qualifiers at U.S. Open with win over Griekspoor
NEW YORK - Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime is moving on to the second round of qualifying at the U.S. Open after a 7-5, 6-3 win over Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands on Wednesday. The 18-year-old f...
Aug 22, 2018
N.W.T. coroner service identifies 3 passengers who died in Aug. 16 plane crash
YELLOWKNIFE - The three passengers who died in a light plane crash at a remote Northwest Territories lake last Thursday have been identified. The N.W.T. coroner service says dead are 33-year-old Geoff...
Aug 22, 2018
Lavallee tosses no-hitter as Canada shuts out Hong Kong in opener at women's WC
VIERA, Fla. - Anne-Sophie Lavallee threw a no-hitter as Canada opened with a 4-0 win over Hong Kong at the women’s baseball World Cup on Wednesday. The 22-year-old lefty of Boucherville, Que., h...
Aug 22, 2018

Gut enzymes convert donor blood to much-needed universal type O: researchers
TORONTO - Canadian researchers believe they have found the means to convert any type of blood into universally usable group O with enzymes found in the human gut - a finding that could expand the pool...
Aug 22, 2018

World No. 14 Brooke Henderson leads Canadian contingent at CP Women's Open
REGINA - England’s Georgia Hall can relate to the pressure that Canadian golfers may be feeling at the CP Women’s Open. Hall won the Women’s British Open earlier this month at Royal ...
Aug 22, 2018
A look at five players to watch at the LPGA Tour's CP Women's Open
REGINA - A look at five players to watch at this week’s CP Women’s Open at Wascana Country Club: BROOKE HENDERSON All eyes will be on the 20-year-old native of Smiths Falls, Ont., as she g...
Aug 22, 2018
Man charged after heckling Trudeau wants to run in his riding as Bloc candidate
MONTREAL - A man charged with obstructing a peace officer after he confronted Justin Trudeau in a park says he wants to run for the Bloc Quebecois against the prime minister in his Montreal riding in ...
Aug 22, 2018

Pass-rusher Joe Montford to be inducted to Hamilton Tiger-Cats Wall of Honour
HAMILTON - As Joe Montford enters Hamilton Tiger-Cats royalty, he will forever remember his mentor Don Sutherin. Montford, a feared pass rusher, will be inducted to the Tiger-Cats’ Wall of Honou...
Aug 22, 2018