Category Archives: Canadian Press
Experts say parents are first line of defence in preventing sexual abuse in sports
Sara Austin says parents enrolling their children in athletic programs this fall can take an important step to help prevent sexual abuse. Just talk. Austin, the CEO of the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advoca...
Oct 26, 2018
Move up to light-heavyweight working in and outside the cage for Anthony Smith
Life has changed for the better for UFC contender Anthony (Lionheart) Smith since moving up a weight class to light-heavyweight earlier this year. Cutting weight to make 185 pounds as a middleweight p...
Oct 26, 2018
Evan Dunfee race walks 25K for 25 days to raise money for KidSport BC
Evan Dunfee can’t imagine his life without race walking. So the 28-year-old from Richmond, B.C., has spent the past 25 days walking in hopes to help other kids realize the transformative power o...
Oct 26, 2018
Family calls for inquest into death of former Grassy Narrows First Nation chief
TORONTO - The family of an Ontario First Nation chief who was a vocal advocate for a community plagued by a mercury-contaminated river called Friday for an inquest into his death, saying it was needed...
Oct 26, 2018
Sri Lanka president sacks prime minister, appoints strongman
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacked the country’s prime minister and his Cabinet and replaced him with a former strongman, creating what some observers said cou...
Oct 26, 2018
Arrest of alleged bomber 'just what doctor ordered' for U.S., says FBI director
WASHINGTON - Prominent Democratic denizens of America’s superheated political atmosphere breathed a sigh of relief Friday as investigators in Florida arrested a man they allege mailed crudely fa...
Oct 26, 2018
Fiscal monitor shows federal government posted $1.9-billion deficit in August
Ottawa ran a deficit of nearly $1.88 billion in August compared with a deficit of nearly $2.63 billion in the same month last year as revenue increased faster than spending. According to the monthly f...
Oct 26, 2018
US official says Putin invited to visit Washington next year
TBILISI, Georgia - U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to visit Washington next year. Bolton said “we have invited Presi...
Oct 26, 2018
US official says Putin invited to visit Washington next year
TBILISI, Georgia - U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton says Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to visit Washington next year. Bolton said on Friday in the ex-Soviet nation of Geo...
Oct 26, 2018
Stocks slump again; S&P 500, Dow back into red for year
Stocks are back in the red for the year after another wave of selling hit Wall Street Friday. The latest plunge came at the end of an unusually turbulent week of trading that had one huge gain sandwic...
Oct 26, 2018