Category Archives: Canadian Press
NFL to hold January careers forum for women in Orlando
In its efforts to get more women into administrative, coaching, officiating and scouting jobs, the NFL will offer a careers forum during Pro Bowl week. The forum in Orlando, Florida, from Jan. 25-27 i...
Sep 29, 2016

2nd coach in England loses job after newspaper sting
BARNSLEY, England - A British newspaper investigation led to a second soccer coach getting fired in England on Thursday. Two days after Sam Allardyce lost his job as England manager following an under...
Sep 29, 2016

Feds' spending to start year hits highest mark in at least six years: report
OTTAWA - Federal spending under the Liberal government kicked off the fiscal year by hitting its highest mark in at least six years, says a new analysis by the budget watchdog. But some of the spendin...
Sep 29, 2016
Ontario man charged after inadvertently killing friend he was trying to save
BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - Police have charged a 21-year-old man who they say inadvertently ran over and killed his friend east of Toronto after trying to get him medical help. Durham regional police say the...
Sep 29, 2016

NTSB has yet to interview injured engineer in deadly crash
HOBOKEN, N.J. - National Transportation Safety Board investigators held off questioning the engineer in the deadly Hoboken train crash because of his injuries Friday and struggled to lift clues from t...
Sep 29, 2016
Raised-fist protesters Smith, Carlos support Kaepernick
WASHINGTON - Tommie Smith and John Carlos were proud to raise their gloved fists in a symbolic protest at the Olympics, and now they’re proud that Colin Kaepernick and other athletes are staging...
Sep 29, 2016
Expert panel: Tokyo Olympics costs could top $30 billion
TOKYO - The price tag of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could exceed 3 trillion yen ($30 billion) unless drastic cost-cutting measures are taken and several key venues are relocated, an expert panel warned T...
Sep 29, 2016
Amnesty alleges Sudan army used chemical weapons in Darfur
CAIRO - Amnesty International accused the Sudanese military on Thursday of using chemical weapons against civilians, including very young children, in one of the most remote corners of the Darfur regi...
Sep 29, 2016

India says it has struck militants across Kashmir frontier
NEW DELHI - India said Thursday it carried out “surgical strikes” against militants across the highly militarized frontier that divides the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, in an...
Sep 29, 2016
75,000 could starve to death in Nigeria after Boko Haram: UN
LAGOS, Nigeria - As many as 75,000 children will die over the next year in famine-like conditions created by Boko Haram if donors don’t respond quickly, the U.N. Children’s Fund is warning...
Sep 29, 2016