Category Archives: Canadian Press
Maile drives in winning run as Blue Jays sweep double header with Royals
TORONTO - Luke Maile’s offensive game has benefited from added playing time this season and it showed as the Blue Jays catcher drove in the game-winning run in Toronto’s 5-4 win over the K...
Apr 17, 2018
Bishops try to clarify Pope's refusal to apologize for residential schools
OTTAWA - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says it’s incorrect to suggest that Pope Francis is refusing to apologize to survivors of Canada’s notoriously abusive residential scho...
Apr 17, 2018
Asian development bank will help lure infrastructure cash to Canada: president
OTTAWA - The head of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank says Canada’s new membership in his multinational organization will create opportunities for Canadian companies abroad and even offe...
Apr 17, 2018
Despite Trudeau's progressive rhetoric, Canada not immune to populism: experts
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau might see his country as a beacon of hope in a roiling sea of polarization and angry nationalist sentiment, but Canada is far from immune, experts warn. Just as ...
Apr 17, 2018
Guard VanVleet returns to Raptors lineup to face Washington Wizards
TORONTO - Backup guard Fred VanVleet is returning to the Toronto Raptors’ lineup. VanVleet will suit up Tuesday night in Game 2 when Toronto resumes its opening-round playoff series against the ...
Apr 17, 2018
Calgary man survives 30-metre-plus fall into glacier crevasse south of Jasper
JASPER, Alta. - A Calgary man has survived more than a 30-metre fall into a glacier crevasse in the Columbia Icefield area of Jasper National Park. Parks Canada says the 24-year-old was snowshoeing wi...
Apr 17, 2018
Colorado communities launch lawsuit claiming Suncor climate change damages
CALGARY - Three Colorado communities have filed a lawsuit demanding that Calgary-based Suncor Energy Inc. and U.S. giant Exxon Mobil Corp. “pay their fair share” of costs associated with c...
Apr 17, 2018
Man charged with murder, arson after LA music studio fire
LOS ANGELES - A California man has been charged with murder, attempted murder and arson after a fatal fire at a music studio killed two people. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office ...
Apr 17, 2018
Defending Trump in Russia probe? It's hardly a dream job
WASHINGTON - Several prominent lawyers asked to help represent President Donald Trump in the last year have spurned the assignment at least partly out of concerns he wouldn’t pay his bills and d...
Apr 17, 2018
Lawsuit leads to revelations about David Copperfield's act
LAS VEGAS - Jurors got a rare behind-the-scenes look at a David Copperfield disappearing act Tuesday during testimony in a negligence lawsuit involving a British man who claims he was badly hurt when ...
Apr 17, 2018