Category Archives: Canadian Press
Tellez's first homer of pre-season helps lift Blue Jays over Yankees
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Rowdy Tellez hit his first home run of the pre-season to help lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-2 comeback win over the New York Yankees on Sunday in spring training action. TellezR...
Mar 03, 2019

Pot confiscation at Canadian border increased in weeks after legalization: stats
OTTAWA - The number of cannabis confiscations at the Canadian border increased more than 60 per cent year-over-year in the first six weeks after pot legalization, new statistics show. The Canada Borde...
Mar 03, 2019
QMHJL team in mourning after player dies of apparent complications from epilepsy
MONTREAL - A Quebec major junior hockey team says one of its players has died, apparently from complications from epilepsy. The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada says Alec Reid, 18, died Sunday morning sur...
Mar 03, 2019

Meng Wanzhou alleges her constitutional rights were breached by RCMP, CBSA
VANCOUVER - The defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has filed a notice of civil claim alleging “serious violations” of her constitutional rights, accusing officers of detaining ...
Mar 03, 2019

Brad Jacobs curling team tackles space "in between the ears" in a mental reboot
BRANDON, Man. - Brad Jacobs’s team stood at a crossroads after the 2018 Winter Olympics when the curling carousel was in full spin. Many of Canada’s top male curlers were mixing and matchi...
Mar 03, 2019

Late Toronto rally carries the Wolfpack past Dewsbury Rams in rugby league play
DEWSBURY, United Kingdom - A 70th-minute Gareth O’Brien try completed a late Toronto comeback as the Wolfpack rallied to defeat the Dewsbury Rams 22-17 in Betfred Championship rugby league play ...
Mar 03, 2019
Encouraging byelection result has Greens hoping for a breakthrough in Quebec
MONTREAL - The Green Party of Canada’s encouraging result in a federal byelection in a Quebec riding last week has deputy leader Daniel Green hopeful the party can make a major breakthrough in t...
Mar 03, 2019
Canadian Abel takes bronze medal in three-metre at diving World Series
SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Canadian Jennifer Abel won the bronze medal in the women’s three-metre springboard final on Sunday at the FINA diving World Series while teammate Pamela Ware finished just of...
Mar 03, 2019
Kingsbury takes Crystal Globe, final World Cup event cancelled due to fog
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury earned his eighth Crystal Globe title Sunday without having to compete in the season-ending moguls World Cup event. The dual moguls competition was...
Mar 03, 2019

Syncrude wants judge to dismiss lawsuit of former firefighter with PTSD
CALGARY - Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former first responder who claims he was wrongfully fired following a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. Mich...
Mar 03, 2019