Category Archives: Canadian Press
Vancouver Park Board considers motion to identify, recognize First Nation names
VANCOUVER - A motion before the Vancouver Park Board could mark the next step toward reconciliation with three Vancouver-area First Nations. Commissioners are scheduled to vote Monday on a proposal th...
Sep 13, 2018
Humboldt Broncos player joins his hometown Saskatoon Blades as coaching assistant
SASKATOON - One of the Humboldt Broncos hockey players injured in a bus crash that killed 16 people has joined his hometown Western Hockey League team as an assistant to the coaches. The Saskatoon Bla...
Sep 13, 2018
Olivia Munn thanks support from outside 'Predator' family
LOS ANGELES - Despite knowing she could be facing a big backlash, actress Olivia Munn nonetheless blew the whistle on a fellow actor after she learned he was a registered sex offender. Her actions - a...
Sep 13, 2018
Carr, Lighthizer take a pass on G20 trade ministers meeting in Argentina
OTTAWA - Canada’s new international trade minister is taking a pass on a meeting of his G20 counterparts in Argentina on Friday. Jim Carr was recently shuffled into the portfolio with the main p...
Sep 13, 2018
Political commentator Schmidt joins Showtime's 'The Circus'
NEW YORK - Political commentator Steve Schmidt says he’ll take some inspiration from former NFL players who become television analysts when he starts appearing on Showtime’s “The Cir...
Sep 13, 2018
It's been a great start to '18 NFL season for Canadian Duvernay-Tardif
It was the perfect season opener for Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. The 27-year-old offensive guard kicked off the 2018 NFL campaign by helping Kansas City earn a 38-28 road win over the Los Angele...
Sep 13, 2018
Medical pot users will seek 'alternative' sources if post office can't deliver
OTTAWA - Canada’s largest licensed producer of medical marijuana says a work stoppage at Canada Post could leave many of its customers without their medications, resulting in some looking for un...
Sep 13, 2018
Interspecies friendship blooms as young narwhal swims with St. Lawrence belugas
MONTREAL - With its dark grey skin and prominent tusk, the young narwhal stands out from the pod of snowy white belugas it has joined in the St. Lawrence River, some 1,000 kilometres from home. But ag...
Sep 13, 2018
Airport fracas charge against singer Gretchen Wilson dropped
ENFIELD, Conn. - Country singer Gretchen Wilson has agreed to donate $500 to charity to settle a criminal charge related to a disturbance at a Connecticut airport last month. The Grammy-winning “...
Sep 13, 2018
Meeting hears more rolling stock, staff, track, will void grain shipment snags
SASKATOON - They’re not guaranteeing improved grain transportation by this winter, but Canada’s two biggest railways say they believe new locomotives, hopper cars and extra staff will make...
Sep 13, 2018