Category Archives: Canadian Press
Defending champion Erica Wiebe wins wrestling gold at Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia - Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe defended her 76-kilogram Commonwealth Games crown Thursday, defeating Nigeria’s Blessing Onyebuchi to win gold. The 28-year-old from Stittsv...
Apr 12, 2018
Canadians make history by winning inaugural Commonwealth Games beach volleyball
GOLD COAST, Australia - Canadians Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes made history Thursday, dispatching an Australian pair to become the first women to win beach volleyball gold at the Commonwealt...
Apr 12, 2018
Trudeau off to Peru amid unresolved Trans Mountain pipeline crisis
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Peru Thursday evening for the first stop in a 10-day foreign tour, despite continuing questions at home about the fate of Kinder Morgan’s Trans ...
Apr 12, 2018
Sexual harassment in the workplace is an 'epidemic,' says human resources survey
OTTAWA - Sexual harassment is far more prevalent in Canadian workplaces than company executives would like to believe, a new report says. Indeed, the report from the Human Resources Professionals Asso...
Apr 12, 2018
In the news today, April 12
Six stories in the news for Thursday, April 12 --- FUNERAL TODAY FOR FIRST OF 16 VICTIMS OF HUMBOLDT CRASH A radio broadcaster in his first year as a play-by-play announcer for the Humboldt Broncos wi...
Apr 12, 2018
Jersey Day especially poignant for N.L. town with family connection to tragedy
BAY ROBERTS, N.L. - It’s been 40 years since Ed Tobin wore the yellow jersey of Ascension Collegiate’s Astros, when he and his teammates carried the Bay Roberts high school hockey team to ...
Apr 12, 2018
As royal wedding nears, brands benefit from 'Meghan effect'
LONDON - Canadian fashion designer Bojana Sentaler stared at her television on Christmas Day to see if Meghan Markle had a gift for her. She did. As Prince Harry’s future bride left a church ser...
Apr 12, 2018
'Lost my best friend:' Family celebrates birthday of youngest bus crash victim
MONTMARTRE, Sask. - Adam Herold was known in Saskatchewan as a hockey player, but his dad says he was so much more. He was a friendly, small-town boy. He was an “old soul” who liked talkin...
Apr 12, 2018
Mental health services for Ontario First Nations being expanded
OTTAWA - The federal and Ontario governments are putting up $5 million each to establish 19 new mental wellness teams for First Nations communities. The teams will be located across the province to en...
Apr 12, 2018
'Live with it forever:' Mourners fill Humboldt hockey arena for team announcer
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Hundreds of mourners, many wearing the Humboldt Broncos colours of green and gold, attended the funeral Thursday for the team’s play-by-play announcer who also coached in the c...
Apr 12, 2018