Category Archives: Canadian Press
Senators assistant GM Randy Lee faces 2nd harassment charge
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee faces a second charge of harassment for allegedly making lewd comments and rubbing the shoulders of a 19-year-old male shuttle drive...
Jun 27, 2018
Former world No. 1 Andy Murray gets wild card for Rogers Cup in Toronto
TORONTO - The Rogers Cup is giving a wild card to former world No. 1 Andy Murray. The three-time Rogers Cup champion returned to competitive tennis last week after missing 11 months with a hip injury....
Jun 27, 2018
N.B. police officers face hearing in shooting death of businessman
BATHURST, N.B. - Two Bathurst, N.B., police officers who were cleared of criminal charges in the 2015 shooting death of a businessman will face a hearing for alleged code of conduct breaches. A judge ...
Jun 27, 2018
Don Cherry: Bettman's selection to Hall of Fame is OK, Yakushev's is not
Don Cherry is OK with all the inductees in the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018 except one, and it’s not Gary Bettman. Many fans decried the inclusion of the NHL commissioner in the bec...
Jun 27, 2018
Alberta jury acquits army captain of sexual assault, other charges
ST. PAUL, Alta. - A jury in Alberta has found an army officer not guilty of sexual assault. Capt. Malcolm Grace, who is 47, was also acquitted of other charges including assault and uttering threats. ...
Jun 27, 2018
Drunk driver who was acquitted for alleged Charter breach convicted on appeal
TORONTO - A man found to have been driving drunk has been convicted even though the police officer who stopped him was looking for another suspected impaired driver. In a ruling setting aside two lowe...
Jun 27, 2018
Past pot conviction won't automatically prevent involvement in cannabis industry
OTTAWA - The federal government is imposing strict regulations aimed at ensuring organized crime doesn’t infiltrate the recreational marijuana market once cannabis becomes legal in Canada on Oct...
Jun 27, 2018
Joe Jackson, patriarch of musical Jackson family, dies at 89
NEW YORK - Joe Jackson, the fearsome stage dad of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and their talented siblings, who took his family from poverty and launched a musical dynasty, died Wednesday. He was 89...
Jun 27, 2018
Judge dismisses request to put Alberta gay-straight alliance law on hold
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - A judge has denied a request to put Alberta’s gay-straight alliance law on hold because she says the benefits to LGBTQ youth outweigh any potential harm. The Justice Centre...
Jun 27, 2018
Federal carbon tax could pose costly drain on Saskatchewan economy: study
REGINA - A study commissioned by the Saskatchewan government says a federal carbon tax could potentially reduce the province’s gross domestic product by almost $16 billion between 2019 and the e...
Jun 27, 2018