Category Archives: Canadian Press

Annette Dionne visits house she was born in as significance of quintuplets noted
NORTH BAY, Ont. - History repeated itself on Sunday, as more than a thousand people stood outside of the Dionne quintuplets’ birth home in North Bay, Ont., hoping to see one of the two surviving...
Aug 05, 2018
Osuna addresses new Astros teammates in closed-door meeting
LOS ANGELES - Roberto Osuna is getting a second chance with the Houston Astros. They also made it clear they won’t give him another one. The All-Star closer met his new Astros teammates Sunday a...
Aug 05, 2018

Geoff Snider says goodbye to playing competitive lacrosse - again - after worlds
Geoff Snider was done playing lacrosse. He’d retired from the Calgary Roughnecks ahead of the 2016 National Lacrosse League season and had been happy running ELEV8 Lacrosse, his playing academy....
Aug 05, 2018
Police release man arrested in shooting of German tourist near Calgary
COCHRANE, Alta. - A man who was arrested in an investigation into the shooting of a German tourist west of Calgary has been released without charges. RCMP say they and Calgary police are still activel...
Aug 05, 2018

Plastic degrading in the ocean produces greenhouse gas, new study says
Beyond simply piling up along the coast, discarded plastics that end up in the ocean could also be a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study by a Canadian-led team of researcher...
Aug 05, 2018
Greece's police, fire chiefs fired in wake of deadly fire
ATHENS, Greece - The Greek government announced Sunday that the chiefs of the national police and fire service had been fired and replaced by their deputies in the wake of a forest fire that killed at...
Aug 05, 2018

Hall wins Women's British Open for 1st major title
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England - Named in honour of a famous Masters victory, Georgia Hall has her hands on one of the big trophies in women’s golf at the age of 22. The Englishwoman reeled in long-t...
Aug 05, 2018

Bystanders catch driver as van drives onto crowded Port Dover, Ont., beach
PORT DOVER, Ont. - A 28-year-old woman says she was with her husband, children and other family members when she heard screaming as a van drove onto a crowded southwestern Ontario beach. “It sou...
Aug 05, 2018

Trudeau met by more anti-pipeline protesters on his B.C. long weekend tour
DELTA, B.C. - Drum beats and chanting followed Justin Trudeau to Delta, B.C., on Sunday, as anti-pipeline protesters attempted to disrupt the prime minister’s speech at a Liberal Party of Canada...
Aug 05, 2018

Utility worker killed near Northern California wildfire
CLEARLAKE, Calif. - A utility worker was killed near a Northern California wildfire as crews working in sweltering conditions battled multiple blazes, including twin fires that exploded in size and fo...
Aug 05, 2018