Category Archives: Canadian Press
11-year-old girl catches piranha relative in Oklahoma lake
OKLAHOMA CITY - An 11-year-old girl has quite the fish tale: A rare pacu with human-like teeth chomped down on the worm at the end of her line while she was fishing with her grandparents and brother i...
Jul 25, 2018
Canada out of medal contention after loss to Spain at U17 Women's World Cup
MINSK, Belarus - Canada was eliminated from medal contention at the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup after a 72-50 loss to Spain in the round of 16 on Wednesday. Merissah Russell of Ottawa ...
Jul 25, 2018
Proposed Trump-Putin meeting at White House is put off
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration sought to fend off accusations the president is too soft on Russia, putting off a proposed second summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and declaring the U.S....
Jul 25, 2018
Johnson, Hadwin excited to play in front of "hometown" crowds at Canadian Open
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Dustin Johnson pulled on the Edmonton Oilers jersey with “Gretzky 99” on the back, lined up his shot, and drove over the water and on to the green at No. 7 on Glen Abbey G...
Jul 25, 2018
Davies already a win for Canada soccer as Bayern Munich scoops up Whitecaps teen
In many ways, Alphonso Davies was a win for Canada soccer before news of an MLS-record transfer to one of the world’s top clubs. Born to Liberian parents in a Ghana refugee camp, the 17-year-old...
Jul 25, 2018
Man accused of stealing McDormand's Oscar ordered to trial
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge says the man accused of stealing Frances McDormand’s Oscar statue should stand trial on a felony grand theft charge. Judge Mark Hanasono said Wednesday that the...
Jul 25, 2018
Ontario government introduces legislation to scrap cap-and-trade program
TORONTO - Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government expects to spend up to $5 million to compensate companies that bought into the province’s cap-and-trade system, the provincial e...
Jul 25, 2018
Bayern Munich completes transfer for Canadian star Alphonso Davies
VANCOUVER - Bob Lenarduzzi says soccer phenom Alphonso Davies catches your eye the first time you watch him play. Lenarduzzi, the Vancouver Whitecaps team president, says Davies has the talent to just...
Jul 25, 2018
Longtime Angels coach says it's clear Vladimir Guerrero was born to be in HOF
MONTREAL - When Baseball’s Hall Of Fame comes calling for Vladimir Guerrero on Sunday, his good friend Dino Ebel will be rooting for him from some 4,400 kilometres away. Ebel, the Los Angeles An...
Jul 25, 2018
Ammonia leak at Fernie, B.C., ice rink linked to aging equipment: report
VANCOUVER - Old equipment that continued to be used seven years after a maintenance contractor recommended replacing it caused an ammonia leak that killed three workers at an ice rink in British Colum...
Jul 25, 2018