Category Archives: Canadian Press
Acclaimed Nigerian author speaks at Harvard Class Day
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has addressed Harvard University’s graduates at the school’s annual pre-commencement Class Day festivities. She was se...
May 23, 2018
Canadian star R.J. Barrett, Duke to play three exhibition games north of border
TORONTO - Canadian basketball phenom R.J. Barrett will make his college debut at home this summer. Barrett and the Duke Blue Devils will play a three-game exhibition series against USports teams in To...
May 23, 2018
Canada blocks Aecon takeover by Chinese state-owned firm over national security
OTTAWA - The federal government has blocked the proposed $1.5-billion takeover of Aecon Group Inc. by a Chinese state-owned company for reasons of national security. After markets closed Wednesday, Ec...
May 23, 2018
Teacher's win in Kentucky points to November potential
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Teachers across the country have left their classrooms this spring to protest at state capitols, closing schools to win pay raises and better funding in mostly Republican-controlled s...
May 23, 2018
Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio exudes confidence en route to MLS milestone
TORONTO - One game away from his 150th for Toronto FC in MLS regular-season play, Canadian midfielder Jonathan Osorio continues to bloom on the soccer pitch. “It’s a blessing, honestly,...
May 23, 2018
Run, hide or fight: Vancouver police release video on what to do in an attack
VANCOUVER - An eight-minute video simulating a shooting at an office has been produced by Vancouver police to help prepare people if an active shooter were on the loose. The city’s police chief ...
May 23, 2018
This just wasn't cricket: anarchists use chirping insects in pressure tactic
MONTREAL - Some might say it just wasn’t cricket. A group of anarchists hoped to use the chirping insects to express their opposition to a new Montreal-area immigration detention centre. They ar...
May 23, 2018
Lenny Dykstra accused of putting gun to Uber driver's head
LINDEN, N.J. - Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra put a gun to the head of an Uber driver when the driver declined to change the trip’s destination, police said the driver told them Wednesday. D...
May 23, 2018
CFL rule change means coaches won't be allowed to challenge illegal contact
TORONTO - CFL coaches won’t be allowed to challenge illegal contact calls this season. The CFL eliminated illegal contact as a challengeable call Wednesday, and the change will be in place when ...
May 23, 2018
Deadliest Catch' star pleads guilty to misdemeanour assault
SEATTLE - Celebrity crab-boat captain Sig Hansen has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour charge that he spat on an Uber driver last year in Seattle. The Seattle Times reports (https://bit.ly/2s3scWE) the...
May 23, 2018