Category Archives: Canadian Press
Montreal Impact expect to make push for playoffs in 2019
MONTREAL - Longtime Montreal Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush hopes his team can learn a lesson from its longtime rival. “I think that we’re cautiously optimistic right now,” Bush said. &...
Feb 28, 2019
Jill Officer to serve as a fifth on Chelsea Carey's team at world championship
Jill Officer wore the Canada jersey as a fifth for defending champion Jennifer Jones at the recent Scotties Tournament of Hearts. She’ll soon be sporting national colours again for Chelsea Carey...
Feb 28, 2019
Toronto man sentenced to 4 years for trying to get into Syria to join ISIL
TORONTO - A Toronto man who tried to join Islamic State militants in Syria was sentenced to just over four years in prison on Thursday after a judge found he had taken responsibility for his actions a...
Feb 28, 2019
Notley says new energy assessment bill conflicts with purchase of pipeline
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says it makes no sense for Ottawa to use one hand to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5 billion, and another to push legislation that would deter investors...
Feb 28, 2019
Veteran Lions quarterback Travis Lulay announces his CFL retirement
SURREY, B.C. - Tears welled in Travis Lulay’s eyes Thursday as he spoke about ending his CFL career. The veteran B.C. Lions quarterback had announced earlier in the day that he was retiring and ...
Feb 28, 2019
PM's former top adviser asks to testify after Wilson-Raybould bombshell
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s former principal secretary, Gerald Butts, wants to give his side of the story in the SNC-Lavalin affair. Butts wrote the House of Commons justice committ...
Feb 28, 2019
Lady Gaga: Bradley Cooper duet was acting, not love
LOS ANGELES - It was acting, not love, when Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper sang a duet Sunday at the 91st Academy Awards. Gaga discussed the emotional performance of “Shallow” from their fil...
Feb 28, 2019
Sully the service dog has new role helping wounded vets
BETHESDA, Md. - Sully, the service dog who symbolized devotion lying by former President George H.W. Bush’s flag-draped casket, has a new mission. The 2-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever on Wed...
Feb 28, 2019
Dolores Huerta: I'm in 'awe' of Aparicio, Ocasio-Cortez
SANTA FE, N.M. - Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta says she’s in “awe” of Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio and freshman Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez because of ...
Feb 28, 2019
Analysis: Cohen hearing stokes touchy topic of impeachment
WASHINGTON - Michael Cohen’s testimony is just the beginning. The House oversight hearing with President Donald Trump’s former attorney, coming in advance of special counsel Robert Mueller...
Feb 28, 2019