Category Archives: Canadian Press

Ex-NFL player Browner charged with trying to kill his ex
POMONA, Calif. - Prosecutors say former NFL cornerback Brandon Browner has been charged with trying to kill his ex-girlfriend after breaking into her Southern California home. Browner, who won Super B...
Jul 10, 2018
Controversial Quebec slave play to continue run across province in 2019
MONTREAL - The artistic director of a Quebec theatre says he doesn’t want to cancel a play that sparked protests and accusations of racial insensitivity that prompted the Montreal jazz festival ...
Jul 10, 2018

Bighill poised to make first appearance at B.C. Place Stadium as a Bomber
It will be a homecoming of sorts for Adam Bighill. The veteran linebacker makes his first regular-season appearance at B.C. Place Stadium on Saturday since 2016 when he was with the Lions. But the fiv...
Jul 10, 2018

Virtue & Moir relish chance to stretch creative muscles on thank-you tour
TORONTO - It’s a chance to thank Canadian fans who were virtual passengers on their Pyeongchang journey, and an opportunity to fill a competitive void left after their Olympic finale. Tessa Virt...
Jul 10, 2018

Cites Humboldt crash: Alberta making driver training for new truckers mandatory
CALGARY - Alberta is making driver training for new commercial truckers mandatory as early as January 2019, citing the recent horrific Humboldt bus crash as the impetus to get it done as soon as possi...
Jul 10, 2018
Hundreds treated for heat exposure at Tennessee music fest
NASHVILLE - More than 200 people have been treated for heat-related illnesses at a music festival in Tennessee, with at least 20 taken to a hospital. Nashville Fire Department spokesman Joseph Pleasan...
Jul 10, 2018
Demonstrators force Fox crew from Supreme Court broadcast
NEW YORK - Fox News’ Shannon Bream said the network had to move a planned live broadcast indoors after she and her crew felt threatened by demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ...
Jul 10, 2018
Canada expected to spend less on defence in 2018 than last year: NATO report
OTTAWA - Even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to defend against U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands that Canada invest more in defence, a new NATO report suggests Canadian military s...
Jul 10, 2018
Tropical Storm Chris reaches hurricane strength in Atlantic
MIAMI - Weather forecasters say Tropical Storm Chris has reached hurricane strength while moving away from the U.S. coast in the Atlantic. At 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday, the National Weather Service in Miami ...
Jul 10, 2018
Narine's 6-storm as Montreal beats WIndies B by 6 wickets
Sunil Narine smashed nine sixes and Montreal Tigers had 15 balls to spare in a six-wicket victory over West Indies B on Tuesday at the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament. In another second-round mat...
Jul 10, 2018