Category Archives: Canadian Press
Firefighters from across Canada and U.S. lend hand in Quebec forest fire fight
MONTREAL - More than 200 firefighters from across Canada and the northeastern United States have been sent to Quebec this month to help fight forest fires. Quebec’s forest fire protection servic...
Jul 08, 2018
Beauty queen gives back crown because of #MeToo joke
WORCESTER, Mass. - A Massachusetts beauty queen has given up her crown due to a joke about the #MeToo movement. NBC 10 Boston reports Maude Gorman resigned on Saturday as Miss Plymouth County for the ...
Jul 08, 2018

Gabriela Stafford wins third 1,500 metre title after a "little prayer" for mom
OTTAWA - In the last decade, Gabriela Stafford has found solace out on long runs. And when pre-race nerves threaten to derail her, she finds strength in thinking of her mom. The 22-year-old from Toron...
Jul 08, 2018

Borucki embracing challenge of rookie season as Blue Jays fall to Yankees in 10
TORONTO - Ryan Borucki’s introduction to the big leagues hasn’t been easy, but the rookie left-hander is embracing the challenge. Borucki went seven innings allowing just one earned and pi...
Jul 08, 2018

Ondaatje's 'The English Patient' voted best Man Booker Prize winner in 50 years
LONDON - Michael Ondaatje’s “The English Patient” was named the greatest-ever winner of the Man Booker Prize at an event Sunday celebrating five decades of the prestigious literary a...
Jul 08, 2018
Canada's track team has a new middle-distance star in teenager Marco Arop
OTTAWA - Marco Arop was a star-struck 17-year-old watching the men’s 800-metre final at the Canadian track and field championships in 2016. “I remember a friend of mine saying ‘That&...
Jul 08, 2018
Quebec town gets injunction to order Hasidic Jewish group from residence
MONTREAL - A group of Hasidic Jews in a town north of Montreal will be forced to leave the residence where they’ve been staying following a Quebec Superior Court injunction, the town’s may...
Jul 08, 2018

Canada has less than half the number of cops needed to spot high drivers: chiefs
OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police says it is unlikely to reach its goal of having 2,000 officers trained to spot drug-impaired drivers when marijuana becomes legal later this year....
Jul 08, 2018
'Ant-Man and the Wasp' buzzes to $76 million debut
NEW YORK - Despite its heroes’ diminutive size, “Ant-Man and the Wasp” opened with typical Marvel might at the box office, with an estimated $76 million in ticket sales. According to...
Jul 08, 2018

Turkey: Train derailment kills at least 10, injures 73
ISTANBUL - At least 10 people were killed and more than 70 injured Sunday when a passenger train derailed in northwestern Turkey, Turkish authorities said. Five of the train’s six cars derailed ...
Jul 08, 2018