Category Archives: Canadian Press

Veteran Montoya the front-runner to back up Price in Canadiens net
BROSSARD, Que. - When the Montreal Canadiens signed veteran Al Montoya as a free agent this summer it took some of the drama out of the training camp battle for the job as Carey Price’s backup. ...
Sep 23, 2016
Award winning Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook found dead in Ottawa
OTTAWA - An award winning Inuit artist has been identified as the woman who was found dead earlier this week in the Rideau River in Ottawa. Police say the body of Annie Pootoogook, 46, of Ottawa was d...
Sep 23, 2016
With international careers winding down, Sedins relishing chance for major title
TORONTO - Daniel Sedin knows the World Cup of Hockey may be his final chance to represent Sweden at a best-on-best tournament along with twin brother Henrik. With that in mind, there’s no shorta...
Sep 23, 2016
Climate, China, health care: how federal politics touched Canadians this week
OTTAWA - First the limos, now the fat moving packages. Members of Parliament returned to the House of Commons this week in a predictably feisty mood, with Conservatives pouncing on Liberal disclosures...
Sep 23, 2016

Desperate Whitecaps 'playing for their lives' with four games left on schedule
VANCOUVER - With the Vancouver Whitecaps’ playoff hopes hanging by a fraying thread, head coach Carl Robinson expects to learn a thing or two about his players in the coming weeks. Making the po...
Sep 23, 2016
Mother Nature, wary pilot force Casse to miss Tepin's Woodbine Mile win
Mother Nature and a cautious pilot forced Mark Casse to miss his first-ever $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile win Saturday. Heralded filly Tepin earned the half-length win over 23/1 longshot Tower of Tex...
Sep 23, 2016
Defenceman Myers says he's coming into jets camp pain free after hip surgery
WINNIPEG - Tyler Myers has one regret about undergoing hip surgery in the spring. “Based on the way it feels now, I wish I would have got it done a couple of years ago,” the Winnipeg Jets ...
Sep 23, 2016

Obama vetoes 9-11 bill; possible override by Congress looms
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama rejected a bill Friday that would have allowed the families of 9-11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, arguing it undermined national security and setti...
Sep 23, 2016
Russia's World Cup team boasts plenty of firepower and a star goaltender
TORONTO - Evgeny Kuznetsov has fond memories of Russia’s last big national men’s team victory on Canadian ice. He’ll get a chance to leave his own mark on the storied rivalry in Satu...
Sep 23, 2016
Cap on crooked lawyers fund in Ontario raised to $500K per claimant
TORONTO - Anyone cheated by a lawyer in Ontario will now be eligible for up to $500,000 in compensation, more than triple the previous limit, the body that regulates the profession has decided. In rec...
Sep 23, 2016