Category Archives: Canadian Press
Two surviving Dionne quintuplets to visit log cabin where they were born
The two surviving Dionne quintuplets will be returning this week to the log cabin where they were born 84 years ago for a ceremony marking their birth as an event of national historic significance. A ...
Jul 31, 2018
NHL Commissioner says league wants cut of gambling action
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league wants a cut of gambling profits if its intellectual property, data or video from games are used. Bettman tells guest host Larry Lage in the in the latest ...
Jul 31, 2018
Reilly, Ward and Santos-Knox named CFL top performers for Week 7
TORONTO - Edmonton quarterback Mike Reilly, Ottawa kicker Lewis Ward and Winnipeg linebacker Jovan Santos-Knox are the CFL top performers for Week 7. Reilly threw for 415 yards and four touchdowns as ...
Jul 31, 2018
Fire damages P.E.I. landmark and tourist destination Green Gables post office
CAVENDISH, P.E.I. - A popular Prince Edward Island landmark and historic post office that pays homage to the home of “Anne of Green Gables” author Lucy Maud Montgomery has been damaged by ...
Jul 31, 2018
Jermaine Dupri announces So So Def 25th anniversary tour
ATLANTA - Rap mogul Jermaine Dupri will celebrate his groundbreaking record label So So Def with a multi-city anniversary concert tour. Dupri told The Associated Press on Monday that The So So Def 25t...
Jul 31, 2018
Search suspended for entangled right whale in Bay of Fundy because of fog
GRAND MANAN, N.B. - An entangled North Atlantic right whale spotted in the Bay of Fundy is proving elusive for rescue crews trying to find it. Heavy fog forced searchers to suspend their hunt Tuesday,...
Jul 31, 2018
Death on N.B. First Nation not considered a criminal matter: Mounties
ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION, N.B. - Police say they don’t believe criminality was involved in the death of a 22-year-old woman on a New Brunswick First Nation last weekend. Police found the woman...
Jul 31, 2018
Trial for Montreal man accused in U.S. airport stabbing put off until November
FLINT, Mich. - The trial of a Montreal man facing charges stemming from an airport stabbing attack in Michigan in June 2017 has been put off until November. Tunisian native Amor Ftouhi was in court Mo...
Jul 31, 2018
Egyptian poet gets 3 years for insulting security forces
CAIRO - A rights lawyer says an Egyptian military court has sentenced a poet to three years in prison for insulting the country’s security forces. The lawyer, Mokhtar Mounir, said Tuesday that G...
Jul 31, 2018
Ontario family recalled for philanthropy, business success after crash deaths
Joe Robertson helped create a dental supply firm and sold it for millions before he turned 40, and then with his wife Anita became a major philanthropist in southern Ontario. The couple, both 58, and ...
Jul 31, 2018