Category Archives: Canadian Press
James Vernon 'Vern' Handrahan, the only pitcher from P.E.I. to play in MLB, dies
CHARLOTTETOWN - James Vernon “Vern” Handrahan, the only pitcher from Prince Edward Island to play Major League Baseball, died Wednesday. He was 79. Handrahan signed his first professional ...
Nov 02, 2016
DeRozan scores 40 points as Raptors keep Wizards winless
WASHINGTON - DeMar DeRozan wouldn’t let a little ankle injury keep him from carrying the Toronto Raptors. DeRozan shook it off and scored 40 points, outdueling John Wall in a showcase of All-Sta...
Nov 02, 2016

How Canada's Liberals annoyed Hillary Clinton team over fundraising
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton’s entourage expressed annoyance that Canada’s Liberal party used an Ottawa event she appeared at as a fundraising opportunity, according to an exchange from a ...
Nov 02, 2016
Conservative motion aims to force Liberal hand on policing ethics
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are hoping to hoist Justin Trudeau on his own ethical petard. The Liberals defeated the Tories in last year’s federal election thanks in part to the prime ministerR...
Nov 02, 2016

Nobel laureate Bob Dylan's artwork in major London show
LONDON - The timing couldn’t be better for Saturday’s opening of “The Beaten Path,” a major exhibit of Bob Dylan’s artworks at the Halcyon Gallery on London’s price...
Nov 02, 2016
Cosby lawyers say comedian is too blind to defend himself
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s eyesight has deteriorated to the point where he cannot identify his accusers in photographs or otherwise help with his defence, his lawyers said Wednesday as they ...
Nov 02, 2016

Charles Hamelin chasing more short-track speedskating glory into 2018
CALGARY - With his three Olympic and 10 world championship gold medals, it seems like Charles Hamelin has won almost everything there is to win in short-track speedskating. But two elusive prizes have...
Nov 02, 2016
England and Scotland to face FIFA sanctions over wearing poppies
LONDON - England and Scotland will face FIFA sanctions after insisting their players will wear black armbands with embroidered poppies to honour Britain’s war dead for a match between the neighb...
Nov 02, 2016
The Latest: Cosby hearing adjourned with no rulings
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The Latest on Bill Cosby’s pretrial hearing in a sexual-assault case (all times local): 5 p.m. Bill Cosby’s pretrial hearing has been adjourned without any rulings. The j...
Nov 02, 2016
More Quebec reporters were under surveillance, this time by provincial police
MONTREAL - The controversy surrounding the surveillance of reporters in Quebec intensified Wednesday as provincial police admitted they monitored the cellphones of several prominent journalists three ...
Nov 02, 2016