Category Archives: Canadian Press

Quebec election campaign to kick off Aug, 23, six days earlier than expected
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard has confirmed the provincial election campaign will begin earlier than expected. Couillard announced Saturday the campaign will officially start Aug. 23, instead of t...
Aug 11, 2018

Police say presence in Fredericton's north side unrelated to shooting
FREDERICTON - A day after a shooting incident left four people dead including two police officers, Fredericton police responded in force to another event Saturday night. Heavily armed officers and abo...
Aug 11, 2018

Slumping Toronto Blue Jays lose second straight against Tampa Bay Rays
TORONTO - Sam Gaviglio was left searching for the silver lining after another loss. The Toronto Blue Jays starter felt he did a better job of getting ahead of hitters on Saturday, but his reeling squa...
Aug 11, 2018

McBride, Arop give Canada rare 1-2 international finish in NACAC 800 metres
TORONTO - Powering down the final straightaway of the men’s 800 metres, Brandon McBride glanced up at the huge video screen at Varsity Stadium to gauge the length of his lead. He spotted fellow ...
Aug 11, 2018

V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85
LONDON - V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as “A Bend in the River” and “A House for Mr. Biswas” and brittle, misa...
Aug 11, 2018
Greek teen Tsitsipas outlasts Anderson, will meet Nadal in Rogers Cup final
TORONTO - Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas has played his best tennis when he’s been on the brink of elimination at the Rogers Cup. He did it again Saturday and took down yet another top-10 pla...
Aug 11, 2018

Statue of John A. Macdonald removed from Victoria City Hall in act of reconciliation
VICTORIA - A statue of Canada’s first prime minister has been removed from the grounds outside Victoria City Hall, days after the city council voted to remove it. The city began discussions in 2...
Aug 11, 2018

John Olerud, Blue Jays look back at World Series championships
TORONTO - Entering the 1993 season John Olerud decided to change his approach at the plate. In the process he not only helped the Blue Jays win a second straight World Series, but also won the America...
Aug 11, 2018
New Brunswick shootings: Slain couple had just started their romance
FREDERICTON - The new relationship had been announced with a little blue heart posted on Facebook, but just days later a gunman in an apartment window brought it to a sudden and violent end. For close...
Aug 11, 2018

Statements from families of fallen New Brunswick police officers
FREDERICTON - The Fredericton Police Force issued the following statements Saturday evening on behalf of the families of constables Robb Costello and Sara Burns, the two police officers killed in Frid...
Aug 11, 2018