Category Archives: Canadian Press
Students push to rename theatre at Bowling Green State
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Black Student Union at an Ohio university is pushing the school’s president to rename a theatrehonouring an actress who starred in “The Birth of a Nation,” ...
Mar 02, 2019
Elie Saab banishes grey skies, channels '70s in Paris
PARIS - Elie Saab and Vivienne Westwood were among designers featured at Paris Fashion Week Saturday, with organizers on heightened alert as French yellow vests protesters mobilized in Paris for a 16t...
Mar 02, 2019
Federer wins Dubai final to join Connors in century club
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Add a century of career titles to Roger Federer’s staggering list of tennis achievements. The 20-time Grand Slam champion became the second male player to win 100 t...
Mar 02, 2019
Harper wants "to be on Broad Street" for World Series parade
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Bryce Harper sounded like a typical Philadelphian talking about a goal every Phillies fan will endorse. “I want to be on Broad Street on a frickin’ boat or bus or whatev...
Mar 02, 2019
Canada's Benfeito wins silver in 10-metre platform at diving World Series
SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Meaghan Benfeito won the silver medal in the women’s 10-metre platform at the FINA diving World Series on Saturday. The three-time Olympic medallist was competing on her 30th...
Mar 02, 2019
Canada's Hill wins bronze medal in snowboard cross at World Cup event
BAQUEIRA BERET, Spain - Canada’s Kevin Hill won the bronze medal at a snowboard cross World Cup on Saturday. Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle won gold while Adam Lambert of Australia took si...
Mar 02, 2019
50 years after it opened, Alabama music studio plans a party
SHEFFIELD, Ala. - A small northern Alabama music studio where The Rolling Stones, Cher, and other stars recorded their hit songs is turning 50 this year. Muscle Shoals Sound Studios will host an April...
Mar 02, 2019
Kingsbury wins silver at moguls World Cup, Dufour-Lapointe takes bronze
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Canada’s Mikael Kingsbury placed second in the final moguls singles World Cup of the season on Saturday while Justine Dufour-Lapointe took bronze in the women’s event....
Mar 02, 2019
Growing support for separating roles of justice minister and attorney general
OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti is publicly musing about whether Canada should consider separating the offices of its attorney general and its minister of justice in the wake of the SN...
Mar 02, 2019
Harvard choir that rejected W.E.B. Du Bois pays him tribute
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - A Harvard University choir group that rejected author W.E.B. Du Bois when he was a student because he was black will celebrate his work through a musical tribute. The Harvard Glee C...
Mar 02, 2019