Category Archives: Canadian Press
Just for Laughs to be sold after reaching deal with investors group
MONTREAL - The embattled Just for Laughs group says it has found a buyer. The Montreal-based company says it has reached an agreement in principle with an unnamed group of investors. The company says ...
Mar 3, 2018
Warner finishes second in heptathlon, sets Canadian record at indoor worlds
BIRMINGHAM, England - Damian Warner of London, Ont., finished second in the heptathlon Saturday at the world indoors athletics championships with a Canadian-record 6,348 points. Warner’s fight f...
Mar 3, 2018
Couche-Tard pulls alcoholic drink from shelves in wake of Quebec teen's death
MONTREAL - Quebec-based convenience store chain Couche-Tard has decided to voluntarily pull an alcoholic beverage from its shelves. The company announced in a statement on Friday that it has asked its...
Mar 3, 2018
TFC opens MLS Cup defence with a thud, losing 2-0 to Crew in season opener
TORONTO - Prior to its opening match of the 2018 Major League Soccer campaign, Toronto FC held a ceremony to celebrate a season in which it won the MLS Cup, Supporter’s Shield and the Canadian C...
Mar 3, 2018
Quebec arts patron Jacqueline Desmarais dead at 89
MONTREAL - Jacqueline Desmarais, a longtime supporter of Quebec’s arts scene and the widow of billionaire Paul Desmarais, has died at the age of 89. Her family announced her death in statement t...
Mar 3, 2018
Bloc Quebecois national office rallies behind leader after wave of resignations
MONTREAL - The national office of the Bloc Quebecois threw its support behind its leader on Saturday, days after seven of the party’s 10 members of Parliament quit the caucus over Martine Ouelle...
Mar 3, 2018
David Saint-Jacques talks space training and robotics during stop in Montreal
MONTREAL - David Saint-Jacques is two-thirds of the way through his training ahead of his flight to the International Space Station in November, the Canadian astronaut said Saturday. Saint-Jacques, wh...
Mar 3, 2018
Schwarzenegger toasts Ohio's efforts to stop gerrymandering
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Movie star and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has made good on a promise to raise a toast with Ohio politicians after the Legislature forged a bi-partisan deal that coul...
Mar 3, 2018
Argos sign star running back James Wilder Jr. to two-year extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts have signed running back James Wilder Jr. to a two-year contract extension through the 2019 season. Wilder was named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Rookie last season...
Mar 3, 2018
Neymar undergoes successful surgery on injured right foot
SAO PAULO - Neymar has successfully undergone surgery on his injured right foot, the Brazilian soccer confederation said Saturday. The 26-year-old Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward was injured Fe...
Mar 3, 2018