Category Archives: Canadian Press
At least 3 "tender age" shelters set up for child migrants
The Trump administration has set up at least three “tender age” shelters to detain babies and other young children who have been forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico bo...
Jun 19, 2018
Halifax council meets with company pushing for East Coast CFL team
Halifax Regional Council received a private briefing Tuesday from the company hoping to bring a CFL team to the Maritimes. Mayor Mike Savage confirmed councillors met with representatives of Maritime ...
Jun 19, 2018
Slight thaw in arena stalemate in Calgary, Flames agree to talk with committee
CALGARY - The door opened a crack on arena talks in Calgary as the city and the Flames have re-established contact. A city council committee struck in May to revive the arena issue and Calgary Sport a...
Jun 19, 2018
Former Jays GM Anthopoulos still proud of Toronto's success in 2015
TORONTO - Alex Anthopoulos sat in the visiting dugout at Rogers Centre and glanced up at the banners hanging in centre-field. Three years removed from his role as general manager of the Blue Jays, the...
Jun 19, 2018
Pot to be legal by mid-September after senators pass pot legalization bill
OTTAWA - Canadians will be able to legally purchase and consume recreational marijuana by mid-September at the latest after the Senate voted Tuesday to lift almost a century-old prohibition on cannabi...
Jun 19, 2018
No Regrets: Tennis great Nestor at peace with decision to retire in September
Canadian tennis veteran Daniel Nestor has no regrets about his decision to retire later this season. The 45-year-old from Toronto, who announced his retirement plans last year, has struggled in his fi...
Jun 19, 2018
Davies thrilled to help bring a World Cup to the country that welcomed him
VANCOUVER - Prior to last week, the biggest crowd Alphonso Davies had ever spoken in front of was a soccer team. So it was a baptism of fire when the 17-year-old walked out on stage at the Expocentre ...
Jun 19, 2018
Canadian runner Melissa Bishop believes she'll be stronger with baby
TORONTO - Newly married and focused on her four-year plan into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Melissa Bishop had planned to put kids on hold. But Canada’s world silver medallist in the 800 metres is d...
Jun 19, 2018
Five B.C. families stuck in Japan as Canada refuses visas for adopted babies
VANCOUVER - Ryan Hoag spent his first Father’s Day separated from his wife and baby daughter by more than 7,500 kilometres and reams of red tape. Hoag’s family is stuck in Toyko unable to ...
Jun 19, 2018
Defenceman Matt Benning signs two-year extension with Oilers
EDMONTON - Defenceman Matt Benning has signed a two-year extension with the Edmonton Oilers. A native of St. Albert, Alta., the 24-year-old Benning had six goals and 15 assists in 73 games with the Oi...
Jun 19, 2018