Category Archives: Canadian Press

Love, Oliver, Grier lead AP Preseason All-America team
Heisman Trophy runner-up Bryce Love of Stanford and Outland Trophy winner Ed Oliver of Houston highlight The Associated Press preseason All-America team. Chosen by AP poll voters, the team announced T...
Aug 21, 2018

Johnny Manziel not at practice with Montreal Alouettes
MONTREAL - With Johnny Manziel in concussion protocol, Antonio Pipkin looks likely to get a second start at quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes. Pipkin had one of the best performances by an Alouet...
Aug 21, 2018

Case of truck driver charged in Humboldt Broncos crash adjourned until October
MELFORT, Sask. - The case of a truck driver charged in the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash has been adjourned until October. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 29, is charged with 16 counts of dangerous driving c...
Aug 21, 2018
B.C. premier says wildfires prompted unprecedented second state of emergency
VANCOUVER - Premier John Horgan says successive B.C. governments have budgeted “laughable” amounts of money to fight wildfires that are becoming all too common through the ravages of clima...
Aug 21, 2018

Esks QB Reilly and Rider teammates Marshall, Williams-Lambert earn Week 10 honours
TORONTO - Edmonton quarterback Mike Reilly and Saskatchewan defensive back Nick Marshall and receiver Jordan Williams-Lambert are the CFL’s top performers for Week 10. Reilly had 424 passing yar...
Aug 21, 2018

Canadian figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond taking a year off from competition
Kaetlyn Osmond has spent time this summer riding roller-coasters and watching tennis. What her fall and winter definitely won’t include is competitive figure skating. Two months after Osmond ann...
Aug 21, 2018

Veteran Canadian punter Jon Ryan signs contract with Buffalo Bills
It didn’t take Jon Ryan long to find a new home. The Buffalo Bills announced Tuesday that they have signed the Regina-born punter to a one-year contract. The move comes a day after the Seattle S...
Aug 21, 2018
Canadian Alena Sharp honours Humboldt Broncos at LPGA event in Regina
REGINA - Canadian golfer Alena Sharp will be supporting the Humboldt Broncos this week. The LPGA Tour veteran has a special golf bag and towel this week for the CN Canadian Women’s Open, featuri...
Aug 21, 2018

London Fire Brigade: 'Hunky firefighter' cliches are sexist
LONDON - The London Fire Brigade wants the media to stop depicting firefighters as hunky sex objects. The service says the images are sexist and deter women from joining the profession. The brigade ha...
Aug 21, 2018

IndyCar driver Wickens has rods, screws placed into spine
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Canadian IndyCar driver Robert Wickens had titanium rods and screws placed in his spine to stabilize a fracture associated with a spinal cord injury suffered in a crash at Pocono Race...
Aug 21, 2018