Category Archives: Canadian Press
Federal government won't pursue deportation of Abdoul Abdi, minister says
HALIFAX - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the federal government will not pursue the deportation of former Somali child refugee Abdoul Abdi. The announcement comes days after a Federal Court...
Jul 17, 2018
Onetime Trump critic Roby wins GOP House runoff in Alabama
MILLBROOK, Ala. - U.S. Rep. Martha Roby won Alabama’s Republican runoff on Tuesday, fighting through lingering fallout from her years-old criticism of then-candidate Donald Trump in a midterm co...
Jul 17, 2018
MLB: Osuna can return with domestic violence charge pending
WASHINGTON - Baseball does not have a problem with Toronto Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna returning from a domestic violence suspension while a legal charge could remain pending. Osuna agreed to a sus...
Jul 17, 2018
Canada's Brooke Henderson hoping to return from break with a 'vengeance'
WINNIPEG - Brooke Henderson is looking forward to some much-needed time off and then returning to the golf course with a “vengeance.” After the Canadian star failed to hang on to her final...
Jul 17, 2018
Kitten OK after being rescued from underground pipe in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An adventurous feline has been rescued after getting trapped in an underground pipe in Kamloops, B.C. Dan Groess, owner of A Groess Underground sewer and drain services, says he respo...
Jul 17, 2018
Conservative party pulls attack ad of black man walking over Trudeau tweet
OTTAWA - The Conservative party pulled an attack ad from its Twitter feed Tuesday that depicted a black man carrying a suitcase walking over a tweet from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The tweet is ro...
Jul 17, 2018
Three-time Brier champion Stoughton named national men's team coach
Jeff Stoughton helped guide Canada’s mixed doubles curling team to Olympic gold at the Winter Games. He’s hoping to do the same thing with the national four-man team at the 2022 Winter Gam...
Jul 17, 2018
Alberta appeals court ruling ordering province to pay $2M over beer subsidy
EDMONTON - Alberta has served notice it will appeal a court ruling ordering the province to pay just over $2 million to two out-of-province breweries over a disputed beer subsidy. The government filed...
Jul 17, 2018
No danger after freight train derailment near Quebec-Ontario border
SAINT-POLYCARPE, Que. - Quebec’s public security minister offered assurances Tuesday that nothing leaked into a nearby river after a Canadian Pacific freight train derailment just east of the On...
Jul 17, 2018
Alouettes quarterback Mathews out 4-6 weeks with foot injury; Willy to return
MONTREAL - Quarterback Jeff Mathews will be out for four-to-six weeks with a foot injury, the Montreal Alouettes announced Tuesday. Mathews suffered a lisfranc injury, which affects a bone or tendon i...
Jul 17, 2018