Category Archives: Canadian Press
Head of Rogers' NHL coverage hopes exciting Jets, Leafs will draw strong ratings
It has been a quarter century since a Canadian team has captured the Stanley Cup. Two teams will try to break that string starting this week when the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Jets join 14 ...
Apr 09, 2018
Topless protester a former 'Cosby Show' actress and activist
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The topless protester who leaped over a barricade and ran toward Bill Cosby at the start of his sexual assault retrial on Monday is an actress who appeared on the comedian’s fa...
Apr 09, 2018
Saskatchewan junior hockey teams get mental health fund after Broncos crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Saskatchewan hockey officials have announced an assistance program for players and their families following a bus crash that killed 15 people. The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League s...
Apr 09, 2018
Canucks president optimistic about future despite missing playoffs
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks missed the playoffs for a third consecutive season and two of the best players in franchise history are retiring, and yet there is a sense of optimism around the team...
Apr 09, 2018
A look at the victims of the Humboldt team bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Fifteen people were killed and 14 others injured in a horrific crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. Here is what we know so far about those who died: --- Tyler Bieber: B...
Apr 09, 2018
Provinces, territories agree to billions in spending on Liberal housing strategy
OTTAWA - Provinces and territories have agreed to fund a key financial pillar supporting the Trudeau Liberals’ decade-long housing strategy, vowing to spend billions to repair and build social h...
Apr 09, 2018
Montreal subway line to be extended by five stations by 2026
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and Mayor Valerie Plante announced Monday a $3.9-billion five-station extension of one of Montreal’s subway lines. Con...
Apr 09, 2018
'We believed our authorities my son was dead,' American dad recalls of ID mix-up
TORONTO - The brutal misidentification of two young hockey players involved in the horrific bus crash in Saskatchewan resonates loudly with one father in California, who thought he had buried his son ...
Apr 09, 2018
40 illnesses reported as B.C. officials warn of norovirus outbreak
VANCOUVER - Health officials in British Columbia have closed two oyster farms amid an investigation into another outbreak of norovirus linked to the consumption of raw oysters. The BC Centre for Disea...
Apr 09, 2018
Mother heading to India to watch movie inspired by her son's last Christmas
A Canadian mother will be heading to India to watch the premiere of a film inspired by the story of her seven-year-old son, who got to celebrate Christmas in October before he died of a terminal illne...
Apr 09, 2018