Category Archives: Canadian Press
Grey Cup champion Redblacks know big decisions loom for 2017 season
OTTAWA - Still basking in the afterglow of their first Grey Cup victory, the Ottawa Redblacks know some hard decisions are coming this off-season. While general manager Marcel Desjardins will be busy ...
Nov 30, 2016
BMO Field grounds crew shows how it's done, has some fun with Montreal counterparts
TORONTO - The BMO Field grounds crew had some fun at the expense of its Montreal counterparts Wednesday, sending out a tweet showing a measuring tape and a white line on a grass field. “Measure ...
Nov 30, 2016
Longtime boxing coach Adrian Teodorescu dies at 73 after battle with lymphoma
TORONTO - Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold was looking to make some changes after missing out on the London Olympics in 2012. She started working full-time with coach Adrian Teodorescu shortly after the Ga...
Nov 30, 2016
Fed reports modest growth around nation in new survey
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve reports that the U.S. economy grew at a modest rate this fall, with solid gains in consumer spending helping offset lingering weakness in exports. The Fed’s surv...
Nov 30, 2016
Southgate overcomes own misgivings to land England job
LONDON - Five months after saying he lacked the experience to coach England, Gareth Southgate landed one of soccer’s toughest roles on Wednesday by showing he can handle the responsibility. The ...
Nov 30, 2016
Kinder Morgan faces more hurdles after federal OK of Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY - The president of Kinder Morgan Canada issued a plea to opponents of its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Wednesday to be “lawful and respectful” as they protest the project w...
Nov 30, 2016
CMHC president warns against scapegoating foreign buyers in housing debate
VANCOUVER - The president of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is warning against an “us versus them” mentality in Vancouver, where he says foreign buyers are not the major factor driv...
Nov 30, 2016
Montreal activist who staged topless protest at Grand Prix wants charges stayed
MONTREAL - A Montreal-based women’s rights activist who staged a topless protest during the city’s Grand Prix festivities in 2015 was violently dragged along the pavement by security staff...
Nov 30, 2016
No liability for harm caused by '60s Scoop, federal government set to argue
TORONTO - At-risk aboriginal children placed in non-aboriginal homes during the so-called ’60s Scoop may well have suffered harm by losing their cultural identities but the federal government ca...
Nov 30, 2016
A look at the case at the heart of the Judge Robin Camp controversy
CALGARY - An inquiry committee of the Canadian Judicial Council has recommended federal Justice Robin Camp lose his job for asking a sexual assault complainant in a 2014 trial why she couldn’t k...
Nov 30, 2016