Category Archives: Canadian Press
NGOs demand independent probe into use of Cdn armoured vehicles in Saudi Arabia
OTTAWA - Some of Canada’s most prominent human rights and arms-control groups are demanding the Trudeau government launch an independent investigation into reports Saudi Arabian forces used Cana...
Jul 04, 2018
Raincock-Ekunwe, Carleton lead Canadian senior women's team past Turkey 78-45
EDMONTON - It was about as encouraging a start as the Canadian senior women’s basketball team could ask for on their road to the World Cup. Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe and Bridget Carleton each poured ...
Jul 04, 2018
Bautista drives in run against former team, Mets top Blue Jays to split series
TORONTO - Marcus Stroman switched up his warm-up music for his Wednesday start, using Drake’s “Trophies” as a tribute to former teammate Jose Bautista. Bautista, who used “Trop...
Jul 04, 2018
Quintero powers Minnesota United past Toronto FC 4-3
MINNEAPOLIS - Toronto FC seemingly can’t stop teams from scoring against them in the first half. Darwin Quintero scored three times for the first hat trick in Minnesota United FC history, helpin...
Jul 04, 2018
Home again. Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player returns from Philadelphia physio
CALGARY - It has been more than five months since Ryan Straschnitzki was together with his family in his hometown of Airdrie, Alta. Straschnitzki, 19, was paralyzed from the chest down April 6 in a co...
Jul 04, 2018
Regina man who fatally stabbed 16-year-old ex-girlfriend loses sentence appeal
REGINA - A young Regina man who stabbed a former girlfriend to death with a hunting knife when he was 16 has lost his appeal of his adult sentence. Last July, a judge sentenced Skylar Prockner as an a...
Jul 04, 2018
Lions player takes to Twitter for help navigating Vancouver's housing market
SURREY, B.C. - Jovan Olafioye has made a career out of protecting CFL quarterbacks from some of the league’s most fearsome pass-rushers, but this season, he felt like he was in danger of being s...
Jul 04, 2018
Safety board chair says more needs to be done five years after Lac-Megantic
OTTAWA - The head of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says much has been accomplished five years after the Lac-Megantic train derailment in which 47 people were killed, but more remains to be...
Jul 04, 2018
Travellers warned about measles from infected passenger who landed in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - An alert has been issued about the potential spread of measles from an infected passenger who travelled to Vancouver from India on two flights. The BC Centre for Disease Control says the p...
Jul 04, 2018
RCMP remove pipeline protesters from Vancouver bridge
VANCOUVER - Greenpeace Canada says a protest that saw a dozen protesters dangling from a Vancouver bridge to block a tanker carrying crude oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline ended Wednesday night. T...
Jul 04, 2018