Category Archives: Canadian Press
World No. 1 Simona Halep among big names on Rogers Cup tournament list
MONTREAL - Top-ranked Simona Halep is among the players confirmed to participate in the 2018 Rogers Cup, Tennis Canada announced Thursday. Halep, the 2016 Rogers Cup champion, is coming off her first ...
Jun 28, 2018
Toronto Raptors set to play pre-season games in Vancouver, Montreal
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors will play pre-season games in Vancouver and Montreal this year. Toronto will tangle with the Portland Trail Blazers on Sept. 29 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver and then will...
Jun 28, 2018
Police called suspect in newsroom rampage no threat in 2013
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The man accused of killing five people at a Maryland newspaper was investigated five years ago for a barrage of menacing tweets against staff members, but a detective concluded he was...
Jun 28, 2018
Judge temporarily blocks abortion reporting rule in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS - A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a new Indiana law’s requirement that medical providers report detailed patient information to the state if they treat women for com...
Jun 28, 2018
Lutheran Church accused of securities violations in failed housing investment
CALGARY - The president of the Lutheran Church of Canada said Thursday it will move away from the use of locally administered church funds after Alberta’s securities regulator accused it and its...
Jun 28, 2018
Former B.C. premier warns against change to proportional representation
VANCOUVER - Former British Columbia premier Ujjal Dosanjh is urging voters to say No to a referendum on proportional representation because he believes it would usher in extremist parties like those i...
Jun 28, 2018
Quebec court rejects Turcotte's bid to be eligible for parole before 17 years
MONTREAL - Quebec’s Court of Appeal has unanimously rejected child-killer Guy Turcotte’s bid to reduce the number of years he must serve in prison before being eligible for parole. In a ru...
Jun 28, 2018
Calgary's Lee posts two match-play wins to reach round of 16 at British Amateur
SOUTHPORT, England - Canada’s Jaclyn Lee posted two match-play victories Thursday to reach the round of 16 at the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship. Lee beat Pauline Roussin-Boucha...
Jun 28, 2018
Doctor who induced labour without patients' consent loses right to practise in Ontario
TORONTO - An obstetrician who admitted to inducing labour in numerous patients without their knowledge or consent violated core tenets of the profession and denied women in his care some of their basi...
Jun 28, 2018
Woodbine CEO Lawson putting on CFL hat in trying to grow Queen's Plate
TORONTO - Jim Lawson is using a very familiar model as he builds the $1-million Queen’s Plate. Woodbine Entertainment Group’s chief executive officer also serves as chairman of the CFLR...
Jun 28, 2018