Category Archives: Canadian Press

Amazin' frets: Free therapy for New York Mets fans
New York Mets fans struggling with their team’s lousy season now have somewhere to cope besides sports talk radio. An online mental health marketplace is giving free, confidential therapy sessio...
Aug 04, 2018

Ducks sign G John Gibson to 8-year, $51.2 million extension
ANAHEIM, Calif. - John Gibson has grown up with the Anaheim Ducks, and they want the goalie guarding their net for many years to come. Gibson agreed to an eight-year, $51.2 million extension with the ...
Aug 04, 2018
2 ex-Rutgers players get 12-year terms in armed robberies
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Two former Rutgers University football players who pleaded guilty in armed robberies targeting other students for drugs and cash have been sentenced to a dozen years in prison ea...
Aug 04, 2018

Nova Scotia and Toronto mass choirs come together in song on Saturday
HALIFAX - Two award-winning Canadian gospel choirs wowed unsuspecting pedestrians on a busy waterfront Saturday morning with a surprise performance, signifying a cross-country harmony between the two ...
Aug 04, 2018
Kentucky GOP fundraiser featuring NRA leader draws protest
MURRAY, Ky. - Protesters shouted “shame” as people entered a Republican fundraiser featuring a National Rifle Association leader months after a shooting at a nearby Kentucky high school le...
Aug 04, 2018

Vancouver's Rebecca Marino wins first-round qualifier at Rogers Cup
Canada’s Rebecca Marino is one win away from playing in the main draw of the Rogers Cup for the first time since 2011. The 27-year-old from Vancouver upset Vera Lapko of Belarus 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 in...
Aug 04, 2018
Canada shuts out Italy 1-0 at women's softball world championship
ICHIHARA, Japan - Catcher Natalie Wideman drove in the only run of the game as Canada beat Italy 1-0 on Saturday at the women’s softball world championship, a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympi...
Aug 04, 2018

Trump rips LeBron James' smarts hours before rally in Ohio
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Ahead of campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, President Donald Trump unleashed a withering attack on the state’s favourite son, savaging NBA star LeBron James in a late-night twe...
Aug 04, 2018

Serena Williams withdraws from Rogers Cup; replaced by Tatjana Maria
MONTREAL - The team behind the Rogers Cup had pulled out all the stops to ensure Serena Williams’ stay in Montreal would be as easy and comfortable as possible. Plans were in place to ensure her...
Aug 04, 2018

Conservation group urges Canadians not to spread invasive species
TORONTO - As many Canadians head out to enjoy nature this summer, a conservation group is encouraging them not to take invasive species with them. The Nature Conservancy of Canada says activities such...
Aug 04, 2018