Category Archives: Canadian Press
Former Jays GM Anthopoulos still proud of Toronto's success in 2015
TORONTO - Alex Anthopoulos sat in the visiting dugout at Rogers Centre and glanced up at the banners hanging in centre-field. Three years removed from his role as general manager of the Blue Jays, the...
Jun 19, 2018

Pot to be legal by mid-September after senators pass pot legalization bill
OTTAWA - Canadians will be able to legally purchase and consume recreational marijuana by mid-September at the latest after the Senate voted Tuesday to lift almost a century-old prohibition on cannabi...
Jun 19, 2018

No Regrets: Tennis great Nestor at peace with decision to retire in September
Canadian tennis veteran Daniel Nestor has no regrets about his decision to retire later this season. The 45-year-old from Toronto, who announced his retirement plans last year, has struggled in his fi...
Jun 19, 2018
Davies thrilled to help bring a World Cup to the country that welcomed him
VANCOUVER - Prior to last week, the biggest crowd Alphonso Davies had ever spoken in front of was a soccer team. So it was a baptism of fire when the 17-year-old walked out on stage at the Expocentre ...
Jun 19, 2018
Canadian runner Melissa Bishop believes she'll be stronger with baby
TORONTO - Newly married and focused on her four-year plan into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Melissa Bishop had planned to put kids on hold. But Canada’s world silver medallist in the 800 metres is d...
Jun 19, 2018

Five B.C. families stuck in Japan as Canada refuses visas for adopted babies
VANCOUVER - Ryan Hoag spent his first Father’s Day separated from his wife and baby daughter by more than 7,500 kilometres and reams of red tape. Hoag’s family is stuck in Toyko unable to ...
Jun 19, 2018
Defenceman Matt Benning signs two-year extension with Oilers
EDMONTON - Defenceman Matt Benning has signed a two-year extension with the Edmonton Oilers. A native of St. Albert, Alta., the 24-year-old Benning had six goals and 15 assists in 73 games with the Oi...
Jun 19, 2018
Russia on brink of last 16 at World Cup, beats Egypt 3-1
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Two wins, eight goals and almost certainly a place in the knockout stage for first time since the Soviet era. Russia is enjoying quite the party at its own World Cup - and not...
Jun 19, 2018

Singh disappointed by NDP collapse in Quebec byelection, vows more effort
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s reviewing his tour schedule and his party’s policies in the wake of a federal byelection Monday in Quebec, in which the New Democrats’ vot...
Jun 19, 2018

FSIN outraged by government, police handling of protest camp outside legislature
REGINA - The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it is outraged by how the Saskatchewan government and police handled protests outside the provincial legislature. Six people from the Justi...
Jun 19, 2018