Category Archives: Canadian Press
Eskimos edge Bombers 33-30 in CFL's second-longest game in history
WINNIPEG - You wouldn’t think a field-goal kicker would have the greatest focus at 1 a.m., but Sean Whyte did. The Edmonton Eskimos’ 10-year veteran booted a 44-yard field goal with eight ...
Jun 15, 2018
Woman must pay musician ex-boyfriend $350K for sabotaging coveted opportunity
TORONTO - A woman who sabotaged her boyfriend’s highly coveted career opportunity apparently because she feared he would leave her for the United States has been ordered to pay him $350,000 in d...
Jun 15, 2018
Marathon voting session stalls pot bill, cancels Friday sitting of Commons
OTTAWA - Progress on the government’s cannabis legalization bill and all other work in the House of Commons was put on hold until next week, thanks to a Conservative filibuster that forced an al...
Jun 15, 2018
Natalie Portman calls Harvard pal Kushner 'a supervillain'
NEW YORK - Natalie Portman says her Harvard classmate Jared Kushner has become a “supervillain.” The Oscar-winner actress said on CBS’ “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Th...
Jun 15, 2018
Federal report calls for reforms in, new funding for nature protection
OTTAWA - Canada needs to get its act together and pony up big bucks for wildland conservation if it’s going to reach its international commitments, says a federally commissioned report. It says ...
Jun 15, 2018
Party leaders ready for election campaign as Quebec legislative session winds down
The final legislative session ahead of October’s provincial election wrapped up Friday, and while parties have already started campaigning, Premier Philippe Couillard said Quebecers would rather...
Jun 15, 2018
Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones renews acquaintances with Russia this weekend
Coach Kingsley Jones will see familiar faces everywhere he looks Saturday when his Canadian side takes on Russia at Ottawa’s Twin Elm Rugby Park. Russian forwards coach Alexander Voytov was Jone...
Jun 15, 2018
Someone didn't buy work gloves but left a ring inside
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. - The owner of an Illinois hardware store is looking for a man who tried on a pair of snug work gloves and left a ring inside. Mark Driscoll of Ace Hardware in Sugar Grove, Illinois,...
Jun 15, 2018
Boy, 13, charged with first-degree murder after cyclist run down, stabbed:police
TORONTO - A 13-year-old boy is facing a murder charge after a cyclist was allegedly run down with an SUV and assaulted, Toronto police said Friday. Investigators said 19-year-old Aaron Rankine-Wright ...
Jun 15, 2018
Signs seeking return of heirloom: 'My mother will kill me'
MEDFORD, Mass. - A recent college graduate desperate to recover a family heirloom mistakenly left curbside when he moved out of his apartment is plastering his neighbourhood with signs warning, “...
Jun 15, 2018