Category Archives: Canadian Press
Agent Scott Boras criticizes Blue Jays attendance at GM meetings
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Famed agent Scott Boras criticized the Toronto Blue Jays at the MLB general managers’ meetings Wednesday, blaming the team’s roster construction for its significant dip ...
Nov 07, 2018
Democrats make US House gains in California
LOS ANGELES - Democrat Mike Levin on Wednesday captured the Southern California U.S. House seat held for years by retiring Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, while GOP Rep. Steve Knight conceded his Los An...
Nov 07, 2018
Feverish Finns hold off Sweden 3-2 at Four Nations Cup tournament
SASKATOON - A Finnish women’s hockey team devastated by illness held off Sweden 3-2 at the Four Nations Cup international tournament Wednesday. Finland (1-1) had just 15 skaters for the game. He...
Nov 07, 2018
Absentee MP Di Iorio to give back salary until retirement in January
OTTAWA - The mysterious case of a missing MP has taken another twist. The Liberal party’s whip says Nicola Di Iorio, who hasn’t been seen on the Hill since Parliament resumed on Sept. 17, ...
Nov 07, 2018
US: Attacker at Michigan airport was on mission to 'kill Americans'
FLINT, Mich. - A U.S. prosecutor says a Montreal man accused of stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport was willing to die if he could have seized the victim’s gun and attacked others. J...
Nov 07, 2018
B.C. premier squares off with Liberal leader in electoral reform debate
VICTORIA - The leaders of British Columbia’s two main parties square off Thursday in a debate on electoral reform that experts say arrives after decades of electoral dysfunction that produced lo...
Nov 07, 2018
Hamilton starter Jeremiah Masoli earns East Division all-star nod
HAMILTON - It’s been a breakout season for Jeremiah Masoli. In his first full campaign as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ starter, Masoli had a league-high 12 300-yard passing games, was second o...
Nov 07, 2018
Landry's death highlights the passing of sovereignty's pioneering generation
MONTREAL - The death of former Quebec premier Bernard Landry Tuesday prompted a stream of accolades from his former colleagues about his patriotism, his love of the Quebec people and his conviction th...
Nov 07, 2018
Survivors take apology to heart for 1939 refusal of asylum for German Jews
OTTAWA - Judith Steel remembers holding her father’s hand, being told to look off to the right for a moment, and feeling someone else take her hand. Her father was turning her over to an organiz...
Nov 07, 2018
Surprise: Large alligator found in Kansas City hot tub
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Missouri landlord stumbled upon an unwanted house guest while evicting a tenant: a large alligator in a hot tub. The tenant described the 150-pound reptile as “gentle as a p...
Nov 07, 2018