Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada downs Spain in women's wheelchair basketball world championship
HAMBURG - Canada overcame a shaky start to beat Spain 63-34 on Saturday in women’s competition at the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships. Arinn Young of Legal, Alta., led Canada with 19 p...
Aug 18, 2018
Kenya joins Canada, Germany and Hong Kong in Rugby World Cup repechage
Kenya became the last team to join Canada in the Rugby World Cup Repechage in November after falling 53-28 to Namibia in the Rugby Africa Gold Cup decider Saturday. The victory earned Namibia, ranked ...
Aug 18, 2018
'Who killed Theresa?:' 40 years later, brother seeks answers in Quebec cold case
MONTREAL - John Allore last saw his 19-year-old sister Theresa on a foggy day in the fall of 1978, as she boarded a train in Saint John, N.B., to head home to Quebec after Thanksgiving weekend. Allore...
Aug 18, 2018
Chelsea tops Arsenal in EPL thriller, Kane ends August curse
Chelsea and Arsenal served up a feast of goals in a thrilling London derby in the Premier League. Across the capital, Harry Kane was happy with just the one goal to end his August hoodoo in England...
Aug 18, 2018
Canadians react to death of former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan at age 80
MONTREAL - Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan was remembered by Canadian politicians on Saturday as a friend of Canada and tireless advocate for peace around the world. Prime Minister ...
Aug 18, 2018
Germany: No preparations made in case of alien landing
BERLIN - The German government says it has made no preparations for the possibility that aliens might land in the European country. In a response to questions from opposition Green Party lawmaker Diet...
Aug 18, 2018
Canada Selects rugby side beaten handily by French club side Clermont
ISSOIRE, France - Former French club champion Clermont Auvergne thumped the Canadian Selects 54-15, handing the touring Canadian rugby side its second loss in as many weeks. Kyle Baillie opened the sc...
Aug 18, 2018
The Latest: Emotional funeral for slain Fredericton officers wraps up
FREDERICTON - 3:35 p.m. The regimental funeral for two police officers killed in the line of duty has officially ended. Hearses carrying the bodies of Constables Robb Costello and Sara Burns have pull...
Aug 18, 2018
'Four of a dozen kids will not make it:' Tina Fontaine's family healing together
WINNIPEG - Melissa Stevenson was just starting her career 18 years ago when a summer position at the Indigenous Family Centre in Winnipeg connected her to a youngster named Tina Fontaine. The social w...
Aug 18, 2018
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies at age 80
ACCRA, Ghana - Kofi Annan, a charismatic global diplomat and the first black African to become United Nations secretary-general who led the world body through one of its most turbulent periods, died e...
Aug 18, 2018