Category Archives: Canadian Press
Group seeks investors for Montreal NBA team, even though no expansion planned
MONTREAL - A group of Quebec businesspeople has taken another small step toward bringing a National Basketball Association franchise to Montreal - even though there are currently no plans for an expan...
Oct 10, 2018
B.C. Lions face stiff test trying to hand Stampeders first home loss
The B.C. Lions’ playoff quest faces a stiff test this weekend. B.C. (7-7) visits the Calgary Stampeders (12-2) on Saturday night. The Lions enter action tied with the Edmonton Eskimos for fourth...
Oct 10, 2018
Owner of trucking company involved in Humboldt bus crash charged
EDMONTON - The owner of an Alberta trucking company involved in the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash has been charged. Alberta Transportation Minister Brian Mason said Wednesday that Sukhmander Singh ...
Oct 10, 2018
NHL Notebook: Offensive floodgates open in run-and-gun start to season
Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock could see halfway through training camp that Auston Matthews was ready to explode. “Matty’s on another level,” Babcock said at the time of Toronto...
Oct 10, 2018
2019 Overwatch League season, with Toronto and Vancouver, to kick off Feb. 14
Toronto and Vancouver will debut in different divisions in the 2019 season of the Overwatch League. Toronto and fellow expansion sides Paris, Washington D.C. and Atlanta will join the Atlantic Divisio...
Oct 10, 2018
Controversial Toronto mayoral candidate sues Bell Media after ad refused
TORONTO - A controversial Toronto mayoral candidate known for her extreme views is suing Bell Media, alleging the company broke national broadcasting rules and breached her right to free expression in...
Oct 10, 2018
Top Jays prospect Guererro named top Canadian offensive minor-league player
Toronto Blue Jays prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been named the winner of the Randall Echlin Award as the Canadian offensive minor-league player of the year. Guerrero split his 2018 season between...
Oct 10, 2018
Former reality TV star gets 16 years after fatal DUI crash
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A former reality TV star will serve 16 years in prison for killing a U.S. Coast Guard technician in a drunken wrong-way collision on a Virginia highway. News outlets reported tha...
Oct 10, 2018
Julien says no major changes to Habs' lines ahead of home opener against Kings
BROSSARD, Que. - The Montreal Canadiens like the way their lines are clicking early in the NHL season, so head coach Claude Julien says to expect more of the same for their home opener Thursday night ...
Oct 10, 2018
UN reports sharp deterioration in Mali as Cdn peacekeeping mission starts
OTTAWA - In a sobering new report, the head of the United Nations says the security situation in Mali has sharply deteriorated over the past three months even as demand for more food aid and other hum...
Oct 10, 2018