Category Archives: Canadian Press
Two slumping clubs _ Impact and Orlando _ set to open back to back series
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact and Orlando City - two clubs hungry for a win - are set to clash in back-to-back games. The first comes Wednesday night at Saputo Stadium, when the 10th-place Impact (4-...
Jun 12, 2018
Manitoba releases numbers on sex harassment complaints, allegations
WINNIPEG - There were 20 allegations of sexual harassment and hundreds of accusations of other misconduct among Manitoba civil servants in the last fiscal year, the Progressive Conservative government...
Jun 12, 2018
Coach Buono looks to get Lions back to playoffs in final season
VANCOUVER - Wally Buono hopes his final season on the sidelines in the CFL is fitting of his status as the league's career coaching wins leader. The plan was much different last year. The 68-year-old ...
Jun 12, 2018
Quebec passes long-awaited cannabis law as main Opposition parties vote against
QUEBEC - The Quebec government adopted its long-awaited cannabis law on Tuesday, even as the lawmaker who oversaw its passage reaffirmed the province is in no way promoting marijuana use. Public Healt...
Jun 12, 2018
Soccer at sunrise: Alberta extending liquor service hours during World Cup
EDMONTON - World Cup fans in Alberta will be able to gather at a pub if they like and hoist a few when they watch early-morning games during the global soccer championship. The province says it will a...
Jun 12, 2018
Calgary Stampeders open 2018 CFL season with unusual number of unknowns
CALGARY - Uncertainty is uncharacteristic of the CFL’s winningest team of the last decade, but the Calgary Stampeders are in transition to start the 2018 season. The Stampeders, who won a Grey C...
Jun 12, 2018
Feds lay out plan to boost online defences amid shortfall of cyber warriors
OTTAWA - The federal government unveiled its plan to bolster Canada’s defences against nefarious online attacks and crime Tuesday, even as it acknowledged a shortage of skilled cyber-warriors to...
Jun 12, 2018
Millard called dad a failure, blamed him for family business woes, trial hears
TORONTO - Days before an aviation executive was found dead in his bed - a bullet lodged in his brain - his son called him a failure and blamed him for the financial woes the family-owned business was ...
Jun 12, 2018
Winnipeg Blue Bombers starting season without star quarterback Nichols
WINNIPEG - Stay afloat or sink quickly. That’s the challenge the Winnipeg Blue Bombers face to begin the season after starting quarterback Matt Nichols went down with an undisclosed injury to hi...
Jun 12, 2018
B.C. tech firm denies lying to committee probing Facebook data scandal
OTTAWA - A senior executive from B.C.-based AggregateIQ spent three hours Tuesday denying pointed accusations that his company had misled MPs looking into Canadian links to an international controvers...
Jun 12, 2018