Category Archives: Canadian Press

Serena Williams says it's unfair she's drug-tested more
LONDON - Serena Williams says it isn’t fair that she has been drug-tested more than other American tennis players this year. “Just test everyone equally,” the seven-time Wimbledon ch...
Jul 01, 2018
Report: Tour organizers don't want Froome on starting line
PARIS - Le Monde newspaper says Tour de France organizers have forbidden four-time champion Chris Froome from taking part in this year’s race. According to the newspaper, Amaury Sport Organisati...
Jul 01, 2018

University of Victoria offers online glimpse into the life of Johnny Cash
VICTORIA - The University of Victoria has a new online exhibit of Johnny Cash memorabilia donated by the family of his longtime Canadian manager who pursued a history degree at the university after gu...
Jul 01, 2018

Tavares, Stastny, other big fish on the move as NHL free agency opens
While new Toronto Maple Leaf John Tavares was the biggest name to move, veterans like Paul Stastny, Jack Johnson, Michael Grabner and Chris Kunitz also changed teams on the opening day of NHL free age...
Jul 01, 2018
Alberta's energy regulator ignoring own rules on tailings ponds: critics
EDMONTON - Alvaro Pinto wants Alberta’s energy regulator to follow its own oilsands rules. The director of sustainability for the Fort McKay First Nation - a community surrounded by oilsands dev...
Jul 01, 2018

Palatable past: Travelling truck collects old prairie recipes
STEINBACH, Man. - There’s no wind and it feels like the sun’s heat has baked the inside of a food truck where Anna Sigrithur stands over a hot stove pouring crepe batter into a pan. Withou...
Jul 01, 2018
A recipe for crepes with wild greens collected by Manitoba Food History Project
The Food History Project in Manitoba is taking a special food truck to different communities to gather people’s favourite food memories and to capture the province’s tasty traditions. Here...
Jul 01, 2018

Heavily armed men in helicopter free notorious French inmate
PARIS - A notorious French criminal serving 25 years for murder made an audacious escape from prison Sunday after several heavily armed men landed a helicopter in a courtyard, freed him from a visitin...
Jul 01, 2018

Toronto police identify rapper Smoke Dawg as one of two killed in shooting
TORONTO - An up-and-coming rap artist was one of two people killed in a brazen daylight shooting in Toronto’s bustling entertainment district, police said Sunday, marking the latest deaths in a ...
Jul 01, 2018
Governor General Julie Payette wishes Canada a happy 151st birthday
OTTAWA - Governor General Julie Payette is wishing everyone a happy Canada Day on the country’s 151st birthday. In a release this morning Payette says “Wherever you are today, whether you'...
Jul 01, 2018