Category Archives: Canadian Press
Toronto heads to Cleveland in familiar spot, trailing Cavaliers 2-0 in series
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors insisted it’s not over. They pointed out it’s the first team to win four games. But in a post-season that was supposed to be so different, on the heels of a h...
May 03, 2018
Hamilton Tiger-Cats take receiver Mark Chapman first overall in CFL draft
TORONTO - Trey Rutherford finally has clarity regarding his football future but will have to wait to celebrate. The UConn offensive lineman went second overall to the Montreal Alouettes in the CFL dra...
May 03, 2018
Too long: Blue Jays, Indians split lengthy doubleheader
CLEVELAND - Indians manager Terry Francona was too tired to realize he reached a personal milestone. An extra-long day at the ballpark left everyone exhausted. Francona reached his 1,500th career win ...
May 03, 2018
Norovirus outbreaks linked to oysters a sign of water pollution: shellfish group
VANCOUVER - Oysters contaminated with norovirus in British Columbia have become a costly problem and the issue magnifies a broader failure to keep oceans clean, says the provincial shellfish growers a...
May 03, 2018
Toronto college holds memorial service for student killed in van attack
TORONTO - A Toronto college says a memorial service was held Thursday to honour a student who was one of 10 people killed in the van attack last week. Seneca College says the memorial for Ji Hun Kim w...
May 03, 2018
Cowboys' Jason Witten retiring sans Super Bowl for TV job
FRISCO, Texas - Jason Witten mostly held it together while announcing he was retiring after 15 years with the Dallas Cowboys to go into TV. One wavering moment came when the tight end turned to owner ...
May 03, 2018
Cost on families from feds' carbon tax plan will be known in September: Morneau
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are pressuring the Trudeau government to divulge how much the federal carbon tax will cost Canadian households - but Finance Minister Bill Morneau says they’...
May 03, 2018
NBC News corrects story on monitoring Cohen's phones
NEW YORK - NBC News corrected a story Thursday that said federal investigators had placed a wiretap on the phone lines of President Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, saying it subsequently learne...
May 03, 2018
Halifax beats Ottawa, Victoria to host 2020 North American Indigenous Games
Halifax has bested Victoria and Ottawa to win the 2020 North American Indigenous Games. The Nova Scotia government says the North American Indigenous Games Council chose Halifax in a vote Thursday in ...
May 03, 2018
Fort McMurray, Alta., reflects two years after wildfire ravaged city
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - More than 500 families are living in newly built homes two years after a wildfire roared through parts of Fort McMurray, Alta. The flames in May 2016 forced more than 80,000 peo...
May 03, 2018