Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ottawa Redblacks sign veteran running back William Powell to CFL deal
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed running back William Powell to a one-year contract extension Monday. Powell was scheduled to become a free agent next month. After missing 2016 due to injury, Powe...
Jan 15, 2018
Joel Embiid, 76ers barely hold on, edge Raptors 117-111
PHILADELPHIA - Just as the Philadelphia 76ers were letting yet another big lead slip away, a leak in their locker room sent water spilling into the hallway. Sixers employees stopped the stream before ...
Jan 15, 2018
Quake jolts Greek capital; no injuries or damage reported
ATHENS, Greece - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 has jolted Athens, but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Seismologists at the Institute of Geodynamics in Athens ...
Jan 15, 2018
Alberta, Saskatchewan to meet on licence plate dispute, but can't agree on site
EDMONTON - Alberta and Saskatchewan have a date for a meeting to discuss their trade issues, but Alberta says it will come too late to resolve a standoff over licence plates. Alberta Economic Developm...
Jan 15, 2018
N.S. man facing deportation to Somalia to be released, lawyer says
HALIFAX - The lawyer for a young man who has spent most of his life in Canada but is now facing deportation to Somalia says his client will soon be released from detention. Benjamin Perryman says the ...
Jan 15, 2018
Less is More: New approach helped Jays' Justin Smoak finally reach potential
VANCOUVER - Doing less wound up getting Justin Smoak a lot more. The Toronto Blue Jays first baseman set career highs in almost every statistical category last season after realizing he needed to take...
Jan 15, 2018
Blue Jays to replace and extend protective netting at Rogers Centre
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays became the latest Major League Baseball team to announce plans to extend the protective netting at their home stadium Monday. New netting will be extended to the outfie...
Jan 15, 2018
Ottawa could offer carbon rebates directly to residents in holdout provinces
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving itself the legal wiggle room to give carbon tax rebate cheques directly to people in those provinces that refuse to impose a carbon tax of their own. A draft ...
Jan 15, 2018
'Reprehensible': Trudeau abortion policy raises ire of U.S. right
WASHINGTON - In what’s almost certainly a first in the lengthy history of bilateral relations between the countries, Canada’s summer-jobs program has become the object of criticism from Am...
Jan 15, 2018
B.C. man charged in alleged 'spambot' attack on video streaming platform
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A British Columbia man has been charged with mischief after a U.S.-based social media platform was allegedly flooded with thousands of spam messages, effectively shutting down many o...
Jan 15, 2018