Category Archives: Canadian Press
Time to kick maverick Tory MP Maxime Bernier out of caucus, Scheer urged
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was under mounting pressure to denounce Maxime Bernier’s public statements and kick him out of caucus Wednesday after the maverick MP used his Twitter ...
Aug 15, 2018
Four more teams join NBA 2K League; Raptors Uprising GC set for playoffs
TORONTO - Four more franchises are joining the NBA 2K League next season, bringing the number of teams in the virtual basketball circuit to 21. Affiliates of the Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Los Ange...
Aug 15, 2018
Streaking Ticats face big test against West Division-leading Stampeders
Jeremiah Masoli and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats face a stiff test Saturday afternoon. Hamilton (6-5) hosts the West Division-leading Calgary Stampeders (9-2) at Tim Hortons Field. The Ticats, fresh off a ...
Aug 15, 2018
Montreal Alouettes place quarterback Johnny Manziel under concussion protocol
MONTREAL - It appears Johnny Manziel may have suffered a concussion after all. The gifted quarterback the Montreal Alouettes acquired in a blockbuster trade with Hamilton on July 22 missed practice fo...
Aug 15, 2018
Quebec Court of Appeal allows Gilbert Rozon to challenge class-action lawsuit
MONTREAL - Quebec’s top court will allow Just For Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon to appeal a decision that authorized a class-action lawsuit brought against him by several women for alleged harass...
Aug 15, 2018
Committee to decide how millions in Humboldt Broncos donations are split
SASKATOON - Lawyers for the families of some of those who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash were in Saskatchewan court Wednesday arguing that expenses alone should not be the only factor in divid...
Aug 15, 2018
Veteran slotback Rob Bagg returns to the Saskatchewan Roughriders
REGINA - Rob Bagg is back with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The CFL club re-signed the veteran slotback Wednesday. Bagg, 33, of Kingston, Ont., spent 10 seasons with the Riders before being released ...
Aug 15, 2018
Diversity-focused academy program boosts Hollywood dreamers
LOS ANGELES - The diversity crisis in Hollywood may rage on, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues to try to open up access to the entertainment business for people from underr...
Aug 15, 2018
Vigil held at Detroit church for Aretha Franklin
DETROIT - People are praying for Aretha Franklin in the Detroit church where her father was once a pastor. The special vigil at New Bethel Baptist Church began before dawn Wednesday. The prayers come ...
Aug 15, 2018
No domestic charges filed against Lindsay Lohan's stepmother
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Florida prosecutors have decided not to file domestic battery charges against the stepmother of actress Lindsay Lohan. Kate Major Lohan was arrested July 26 after her husband told B...
Aug 15, 2018