Category Archives: Canadian Press
Auston Matthews, Mike Babcock deny rift as Maple Leafs clean out their lockers
TORONTO - Mike Babcock was at his daughter’s graduation when he received a text message from a friend about reports of a strained relationship with star centre Auston Matthews. “I’ll...
Apr 27, 2018
Theater subscription service MoviePass tightens plans
SAN FRANCISCO - MoviePass, a startup that lets customers watch a movie a day at theatres for just $10 a month, is limiting new customers to just four movies a month. The move comes as the sustainabili...
Apr 27, 2018
Jazz Fest: Opening joy tempered by the loss of a Neville
NEW ORLEANS - The 49th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival opened Friday - a sun-drenched affair where the joy was tempered only by news of the death of a New Orleans music idol. Charles N...
Apr 27, 2018
Thunder Bay, Ont., police chief retires after 31 years with force
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - A northern Ontario police chief who oversaw the Thunder Bay force during tensions with Indigenous residents and faced an obstruction of justice trial last year has retired. Thunder...
Apr 27, 2018
World needs to be 'careful' about potential Korean peace deal, says Freeland
OTTAWA - The world needs to be “careful” to ensure historic talks between North and South Korea lead to a nuclear-free peninsula, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday as ...
Apr 27, 2018
What we know about the victims of Monday's deadly Toronto van attack
TORONTO - Ten people were killed after a van mounted a sidewalk along a busy street in north Toronto on Monday, ramming into pedestrians in its path. Here’s what we know so far about the victims...
Apr 27, 2018
Abortion pill Mifegymiso prescribed more than 4,000 times since hitting shelves
OTTAWA - Health Canada says Canadian pharmacies doled out 4,253 doses of the abortion pill Mifegymiso in 2017, the first year it was marketed in this country. The information came in a response to a p...
Apr 27, 2018
Vlad Guerrero tours Baseball HOF, "so glad" he made it
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Fresh from swinging some heavy lumber in the basement of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Vladimir Guerrero took a quick peek at where his likeness will hang in three months. Talk about ...
Apr 27, 2018
Henderson ordered to cover some legal costs of Wideman, Flames
CALGARY - A judge has ordered NHL linesman Don Henderson to pay the Calgary Flames and defenceman Dennis Wideman a total of $11,000 to cover a portion of their legal costs in connection with his faile...
Apr 27, 2018
Judge tosses Manafort civil suit challenging special counsel
WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Washington on Friday threw out a civil lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman that sought to challenge the authority of the special ...
Apr 27, 2018