Category Archives: Canadian Press
Rookie kicker Ward quickly becomes dependable player for Redblacks
OTTAWA - It didn’t take long for Lewis Ward to become one of the Ottawa Redblacks’ most dependable players. The rookie kicker hit all five of his field goal attempts, including two 47-yard...
Jul 24, 2018
Ontario's fiscal watchdog to probe the cancellation of cap and trade
TORONTO - Ontario’s fiscal watchdog said Tuesday it will examine the new Progressive Conservative government’s cancellation of the cap-and-trade program in order to determine how much that...
Jul 24, 2018

Serena Williams returning to Rogers Cup after accepting wild card
MONTREAL - Serena Williams is returning to Montreal. The American tennis star has accepted a wild card into the Rogers Cup next month. It will mark Williams’ first appearance in Montreal since 2...
Jul 24, 2018

Heart of Yosemite park to close as crews battle blaze
LOS ANGELES - The heart of Yosemite National Park, where throngs of tourists are awe-struck by cascading waterfalls and towering granite features like El Capitan and Half Dome, will be closed as firef...
Jul 24, 2018

Montreal filmmaker Harry Gulkin, known for 'Lies My Father Told Me,' dies at 90
Montreal-born filmmaker Harry Gulkin, best known for the 1975 movie, “Lies My Father Told Me,” is being remembered as a passionate, generous and funny man who was a great defender of the f...
Jul 24, 2018

Reports: Bayern finalizes transfer for Whitecaps star midfielder Davies
VANCOUVER - Reports that Vancouver Whitecaps star Alphonso Davies has finalized a transfer to a German soccer giant are bittersweet for his current coach. Multiple media reports say the 17-year-old Ca...
Jul 24, 2018
B.C. police say 7-year-old girl died of homicide, woman is in medical care
LANGLEY, B.C. - Police say a seven-year-old girl whose body was found at an apartment complex in Langley, B.C., is the victim of a homicide. Police and emergency health services were called at about 9...
Jul 24, 2018
Family angry top general rejected stigma as factor in RMC student's suicide
OTTAWA - The father of a Royal Military College student who took his own life says the family is upset that Canada’s top general rejected a board of inquiry’s finding that stigma around se...
Jul 24, 2018
Ben Silverman would love to end Canada's drought at Canadian Open
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Canada’s Ben Silverman was having a great round. His shots had been solid all week. His putter was finally rolling. When he spotted a small rain cloud off in the distance, he di...
Jul 24, 2018

Ottawa spells out new measures to reduce number of migrants in jail
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to rely on electronic monitoring, telephone reporting and community supervision to avoid locking up migrants while they await immigration hearings. The government...
Jul 24, 2018