Category Archives: Canadian Press
Cano apologizes to fans, teammates for 80-game suspension
SEATTLE - Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano apologized to his teammates, the organization and the fans for his 80-game suspension for violating baseball’s drug agreement. Cano tested positiv...
Jul 07, 2018

Croatia ends Russia's run, advances to World Cup semifinals
SOCHI, Russia - Nyet this time. Although Russia made it further at this year’s World Cup than most anyone expected, it was Croatia that advanced to the semifinals with a 4-3 shootout victory Sat...
Jul 07, 2018
Trudeau visits Hehr's pancake breakfast as he makes the Calgary Stampede rounds
CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made the Calgary Stampede rounds, with his first stop MP Kent Hehr’s pancake breakfast. Hehr lost his cabinet post earlier this year after an investig...
Jul 07, 2018
Smith makes 55no but Toronto lose again in Global T20 Canada
TORONTO - Steve Smith’s team-best 55 not out was not enough to prevent the Toronto Nationals from losing to the unbeaten Global T20 Canada leader West Indies B on Saturday. Smith’s second ...
Jul 07, 2018

Environmentally friendly funerals? N.B. student says they're within reach
SACKVILLE, N.B. - A New Brunswick university student researching environmentally conscious funerals says she hopes her research will help ease the discomfort some people feel when talking about death....
Jul 07, 2018
CTV serves statement of defence to Patrick Brown in defamation lawsuit
TORONTO - Lawyers for CTV News say the network did nothing wrong in reporting allegations of sexual misconduct against the former leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party. In a stateme...
Jul 07, 2018

Communities still recovering one year after worst fire season on record in B.C.
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Communities are still recovering from British Columbia’s worst wildfire season on record, one year after a fateful two-day period in July 2017 that sparked more than 100 fire...
Jul 07, 2018

Three-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse suffers another hamstring injury
OTTAWA - Sprint star Andre De Grasse was looking stronger than he had all season, cruising to what looked like an easy win in his 200-metre semifinal Saturday at the Canadian track and field champions...
Jul 07, 2018

Toronto's Aaron Brown wins Canadian 200 title to complete sprint sweep
OTTAWA - A night after Aaron Brown captured a thrilling men’s 100 metre title, the 200 metres had plenty of drama as well - but for all the wrong reasons. Brown won the 200 to complete the short...
Jul 07, 2018
Montreal morgue partners with funeral home after surge in heat-related deaths
The Montreal morgue has become so overcrowded after an increase in the number of deaths caused by recent extreme heat and humidity that the coroner’s office has had to partner with a funeral hom...
Jul 07, 2018