Category Archives: Canadian Press
Vancouver Canucks forward Derek Dorsett set to undergo neck surgery
Vancouver Canucks forward Derek Dorsett is set to undergo neck surgery, the club announced Monday. The cervical fusion surgery to repair disc degeneration will be performed at a spine clinic in Los An...
Dec 05, 2016
Crash-struck club Chapecoense given Copa Sudamericana title
ASUNCION, Paraguay - The Brazilian club Chapecoense, which lost most of its players in an air crash last week, has been awarded the Copa Sudamericana championship by the governing body of South Americ...
Dec 05, 2016
Man convicted in son's hot-car death gets life, no parole
MARIETTA, Ga. - A judge on Monday sentenced a Georgia man to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury found that he intentionally left his toddler son in a hot SUV to die. J...
Dec 05, 2016
B.C. Lions re-sign kick returner/running back Chris Rainey through 2018 season
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have re-signed star kick returner and running back Chris Rainey to a contract extension through the 2018 season, the club announced Monday. The 28-year-old from Lakeland, Fl...
Dec 05, 2016
Judge wrong to order award to residential school rape victim, government says
TORONTO - The courts had no right to order compensation for a former altar boy, who was denied payment despite being raped by a priest at an Indian residential school, the federal government argued Mo...
Dec 05, 2016
Canadian women unified via player association ahead of negotiations with CSA
TORONTO - The Canadian women’s soccer team will enter into its next round of contract negotiations with the Canadian Soccer Association with an impressive hand. The first Canadian summer sports ...
Dec 05, 2016
Tory leadership hopefuls to test their language skills at first bilingual debate
OTTAWA - The language skills of Conservative leadership candidates will be put to the test Tuesday night as they take the stage for a bilingual debate in Moncton, N.B., a campaign milestone expected t...
Dec 05, 2016
New Brunswick government announces pilot project to begin using midwives
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick will soon allow midwives to work in the province’s health-care system. Health Minister Victor Boudreau has announced that Fredericton has been chosen as the site for ...
Dec 05, 2016
Amazon Go store is checkout free
NEW YORK - Amazon is testing a grocery store model in Seattle that works without checkout lines. Called Amazon Go, shoppers scan their Amazon app when they enter the store, and then sensors register i...
Dec 05, 2016
Cabinet ministers set to discuss sexual abuse on reserve: Bellegarde
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations will meet three federal cabinet ministers soon to discuss the issue of sexual abuse within indigenous communities. The discussion will incl...
Dec 05, 2016