Category Archives: Canadian Press
With a lighter touch, SAG Awards follows a familiar script
LOS ANGELES - With a still undetermined awards race and an industry undergoing tectonic shifts with the Me Too and Time’s Up movements, awards shows have become canaries in the coal mine. After ...
Jan 21, 2018
Injured Nadal out of Australian Open; Cilic into semifinals
MELBOURNE, Australia - An injured and visibly struggling Rafael Nadal retired while trailing in the fifth set of his Australian Open quarterfinal match against Marin Cilic. Top-ranked Nadal fended off...
Jan 21, 2018
Alberta's status of women minister joins Twitter debate over women's marches
EDMONTON - A minister in Alberta’s NDP government has chastised a tweet by the Opposition’s communications chair that slammed women’s marches held over the weekend. Status of Women M...
Jan 21, 2018
Simmerling out of Olympics after ski cross World Cup crash that broke leg
CALGARY - Alpine Canada has confirmed that Georgia Simmerling suffered a tibia and fibula fracture to her left leg along with a tibia plateau fracture to her right leg during a ski cross World Cup on ...
Jan 21, 2018
Speed Skating Canada investigating head coach Crowe after complaints
Speed Skating Canada says the complaints around national team head coach Michael Crowe were serious enough to call for an independent investigation, but the organization won’t get into specifics...
Jan 21, 2018
Canadian teams wrap up their selections in final rounds of 2018 MLS SuperDraft
The Montreal Impact made Ken Krolicki their only pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, taking the Michigan State midfielder in the third round Sunday. The Impact traded away both their first-round picks on...
Jan 21, 2018
Brady leads Patriots back to Super Bowl, top Jaguars 24-20
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Give ’em a hand: Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are heading back to the Super Bowl. Brady shook off a hand injury and threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Danny Amendola ...
Jan 21, 2018
Ex-Mexican national soccer star joins leftist Morena party
MEXICO CITY - Former Mexican national soccer team star Cuauhtemoc Blanco appears to have joined the ranks of presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s leftist Morena party. Blanco won t...
Jan 21, 2018
Boy who endured three years as ISIL captive asks for meeting with Justin Trudeau
WINNIPEG - A Yazidi boy who was held captive for three years by Iraqi militants before being reunited with his family in Winnipeg last year is requesting a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. ...
Jan 21, 2018
Fishermen take chilly challenge to raise money for Nova Scotia fire victims
PUBNICO HEAD, N.S. - Dozens of fishermen are plunging into frigid waters as part of a fundraising campaign, with some donations going to the survivors of a tragic fire in southwestern Nova Scotia. Tod...
Jan 21, 2018