Category Archives: Canadian Press

Tiger-Cats beat Redblacks 39-36 in double OT, secure playoff spot with win
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks were on the verge of clinching their second straight East Division title, but the Hamilton Tiger-Cats remembered what was at stake. Trailing by 15 at the half, the Tiger-...
Oct 21, 2016
Wall hits double double, Wizards beat Raptors 119-82 in final pre-season game
WASHINGTON - John Wall had 15 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds as the Washington Wizards cruised past the Toronto Raptors 119-82 on Friday in the final pre-season game for both teams. Wall hit 3 ...
Oct 21, 2016

Anthem singer at Heat-76ers game kneels during performance
MIAMI - A woman performing the national anthem prior to an NBA preseason game in Miami did so while kneeling at midcourt. Denasia Lawrence opened her jacket just before she started to sing, revealing ...
Oct 21, 2016
Junio skates to best time at long track fall selection camp, Morrison 14th
Calgary’s Gilmore Junio skated to the best time in the world this season in the 500-metre while Marsha Hudey of White City, Sask., had a personal best in the same distance on Friday at the long ...
Oct 21, 2016
NDP says Ottawa not funding enough mental-health workers after youth suicides
SASKATOON - A New Democrat MP says the federal government is failing to address the mental-health problems of indigenous people. Charlie Angus, the NDP critic for indigenous and northern affairs, made...
Oct 21, 2016

Trudeau predicts Liberals will beat the odds in Alberta byelection
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - The Prime Minister says his party will be able to recapture a southern Alberta riding in an upcoming byelection, despite the fact that a Liberal hasn't been elected to that seat ...
Oct 21, 2016

Daughter of man in The Piano Guys missing in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. - The 21-year-old daughter of one of men in the Utah-based music group The Piano Guys has been reported missing and may have gotten injured or lost on a hike in the Columbia River Gorge...
Oct 21, 2016

Weather thwarts efforts to better contain tugboat fuel spill off B.C.'s coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The chief of a First Nation community says choppy weather hindered efforts Friday to deploy a larger boom to better contain a leak of diesel fuel from a sunken tugboat on British C...
Oct 21, 2016

Author of retracted rape story defends relying on 'Jackie'
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The author of the discredited Rolling Stone magazine article about a woman’s claim of being gang raped at a fraternity house sought to show jurors Friday why she found the...
Oct 21, 2016
White supremacist David Duke qualifies for Senate debate
BATON ROUGE, La. - White supremacist David Duke has qualified for a televised debate in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race. Duke’s campaign hasn’t said whether he plans to attend the debat...
Oct 21, 2016