Category Archives: Canadian Press

Happ gets slam help from Bird, Yankees beat Blue Jays 10-2
NEW YORK - In a lopsided win, this was not the kind of big hit the New York Yankees hoped to see. Didi Gregorius hurt his left heel in a collision at first base during a 10-2 romp over Toronto on Sund...
Aug 19, 2018
Sole survivor of 1992 Nova Scotia McDonald's murders dies at age 46
SYDNEY, N.S. - The sole survivor of the 1992 McDonald’s massacre in Sydney River, Nova Scotia, has died. Joan “Arleen” MacNeil died Wednesday at a hospital in Halifax at the age of 4...
Aug 19, 2018
Police: Man angry about loud music waves gun at school dance
THATCHER, Ariz. - A 72-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of waving a gun at a high school dance in Arizona because he didn’t like the loud music. Police in the small southeastern Arizo...
Aug 19, 2018
Protesters shout down right-wing group at Halifax-area event for second day
HALIFAX - Protesters in the Halifax area shouted down members of a Calgary-based organization with controversial views on immigration as police kept watch at an event Sunday afternoon. Five members of...
Aug 19, 2018

All eyes on Andrew Scheer as Conservative convention set for Halifax
OTTAWA - After a week of internal caucus squabbles, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will try to refocus the spotlight on trying to convince Canadians his party is a government-in-waiting. Party memb...
Aug 19, 2018

IndyCar driver Wickens taken to hospital after scary crash
LONG POND, Pa. - IndyCar driver Robert Wickens was taken by helicopter for medical treatment following a violent wreck at the start of Sunday’s race at Pocono Raceway, where a driver was killed ...
Aug 19, 2018
Lazio 'ultra' fans want no women in stadium 'sacred space'
ROME - Lazio’s “ultra” fans have caused outrage by telling women to avoid their “sacred space” in the club’s Stadio Olimpico. The die-hard supporters distributed fl...
Aug 19, 2018

IndyCar's Wickens in hospital following violent Pocono crash
LONG POND, Pa. - Canadian Robert Wickens is being treated for injuries to his lower extremities, right arm and spine following an accident early in a race at Pocono IndyCar said the Canadian sustained...
Aug 19, 2018
Feds poised to beef up bill to prevent foreign election interference
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his newly shuffled cabinet will focus squarely on next year’s election at a two-day retreat this week - including a hard look at the very laws governin...
Aug 19, 2018
Oilers sign free agent forward Scottie Upshall to professional tryout
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers signed free agent forward Scottie Upshall to a professional tryout on Sunday. Upshall, 34, appeared in 63 games for St. Louis last season, registering 19 points with sev...
Aug 19, 2018