Category Archives: Canadian Press
Manziel eager to start for Alouettes, but has 'tempered' expectations
MONTREAL - Johnny Manziel is eager to get into a CFL game, but he will let coach Mike Sherman decide when he will make his first start for the Montreal Alouettes. The 25-year-old quarterback, who is t...
Jul 23, 2018
B.C. First Nations seek injunction to halt Site C project on Peace River
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for First Nations aiming to stop work on the Site C dam says there’s no remedy besides taking the project “out of the ground” in northeastern British Columbia. R...
Jul 23, 2018
'Made-in-Banff' bison calves born in the backcountry for first time in 140 years
BANFF, Alta. - Three bison babies have been born in the backcountry of Banff National Park - the first calves conceived in the area in more than 140 years. Two of the bison were born on July 15, while...
Jul 23, 2018
Protester who confronted Trudeau pleads not guilty to obstruction
MONTREAL - A protester who angrily confronted the prime minister in Montreal during Quebec’s Fete nationale holiday weekend appeared in court Monday and pleaded not guilty to one count of obstru...
Jul 23, 2018
Hamilton Tiger-Cats clearly Masoli's team now with Manziel being traded
HAMILTON - If any existed beforehand, there’s no doubt now the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are Jeremiah Masoli’s team. Hamilton made that emphatic statement Sunday night by dealing quarterback Joh...
Jul 23, 2018
Fatal mass shooting in Toronto impacts city's pro sports community
TORONTO - John Axford remembers going to bars and concerts around Toronto’s Greektown neighbourhood years before he became a Blue Jay. When the right-handed reliever from Port Dover, Ont., saw a...
Jul 23, 2018
Allegations against New Brunswick Speaker founded 'in part': committee
FREDERICTON - A legislative committee in New Brunswick has concluded that harassment allegations against Speaker Chris Collins were founded, but only in part. The legislature’s administration co...
Jul 23, 2018
Statement from family of Toronto gunman
TORONTO - Statement from the family of Faisal Hussain, who died after shooting 15 people, two fatally, in Toronto on Sunday night: “We are at a terrible loss for words but we must speak out to e...
Jul 23, 2018
A quick look at some current Canada-U.S. trade disputes
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government asked Monday for a review under NAFTA of a 30-per-cent tariff on solar panel cells by the Trump administration. It called the tariff illegal and unfair. Canada is fight...
Jul 23, 2018
One in seven sexual assault cases in 2017 deemed 'unfounded': StatCan
OTTAWA - The number of sexual assaults reported to police is on the rise, while the ones deemed “unfounded” by officers is on the decline in the wake of the #MeToo movement, according to a...
Jul 23, 2018