Category Archives: Canadian Press

With Dressler out, Lankford gets his shot as Bombers host Redblacks
WINNIPEG - Sidelined after the first game of the season, Ryan Lankford will sub for an injured slotback Weston Dressler Friday night as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the Ottawa Redblacks. Lankford, w...
Aug 16, 2018
Canada's Brooke Henderson headlines field for CP Women's Open in Regina
REGINA - Canada’s Brooke Henderson headlines the field for the CP Women’s Open announced by Golf Canada. Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., will be joined by seven of the top 10 players o...
Aug 16, 2018

Brazilian prosecutors charge 'Dr. Bumbum' with murder
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian prosecutors have filed a murder charge against celebrity plastic surgeon Denis Cesar Barros Furtado over the death of a patient who was given injections to enlarge her butto...
Aug 16, 2018

Trump suggests Canada has been sidelined from latest NAFTA negotiations
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting Canada has deliberately been left on NAFTA’s sidelines as one-on-one talks heat up between Washington and Mexico. For four straight weeks, U.S....
Aug 16, 2018

Anderson back to help Canada climb podium at wheelchair basketball worlds
HAMBURG - Patrick Anderson’s music career will have to wait. The three-time Paralympic gold medallist has returned to Canada’s wheelchair basketball team, hoping to help Canada climb the m...
Aug 16, 2018
Remains found in New Mexico desert tunnel are missing boy
SANTA FE, N.M. - Forensic investigators said Thursday they identified the remains of a Georgia boy whose father is accused of abducting him and performing purification rituals on the child as he died ...
Aug 16, 2018

Alberta ready to join B.C. and Ontario as junior A lacrosse powerhouse
The Okotoks Raiders and Calgary Mountaineers have brought the Minto Cup to Alberta. Now the challenge is to keep it there. The two Rocky Mountain Junior A Lacrosse League rivals are co-organizers of t...
Aug 16, 2018

Pipkin eager to start at QB while Manziel sits out as Als visit Eskimos
MONTREAL - Wide receiver B.J. Cunningham has seen quarterbacks come and go in his four seasons with the Montreal Alouettes, so Antonio Pipkin will be just one more on the list. “You’ve got...
Aug 16, 2018

Aheadbyacentury looking for Triple Crown breakthrough in the Breeders' Stakes
TORONTO - John Ross watched Aheadbyacentury come close in the first two jewels of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown. With his horse’s dominant rival skipping the Breeders’ Stakes, the veteran ...
Aug 16, 2018

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques preparing for mission
MOSCOW - For Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques, it’s all about preparation as he continues his training four months before he blasts off into space. Saint-Jacques, 48, is currently in Mosco...
Aug 16, 2018