Category Archives: Canadian Press
'Naked time:' Trial hears former Young Canadians worker wanted student photos
CALGARY - The trial of a former longtime employee of a performance group that entertains each year at the Calgary Stampede has heard that the accused would ask students to send him naked photos and wa...
Jan 15, 2018
Lions acquire running back Rutley from Alouettes for future considerations
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions acquired running back Brandon Rutley from the Montreal Alouettes on Monday for future considerations. Rutley spent four seasons with Montreal after originally signing with t...
Jan 15, 2018
Glenn first CFL player to have rights held by all nine teams after joining Esks
Kevin Glenn has hit for the CFL cycle. The 17-year veteran quarterback signed with the Edmonton Eskimos on Monday. The CFL said that makes Glenn the only player in its history to have had his rights h...
Jan 15, 2018
Ontario man ran site that peddled billions of pieces of personal data: RCMP
OTTAWA - An Ontario man faces several criminal charges for allegedly peddling information from an online database containing 1.5 billion usernames and passwords. The arrest announced Monday by the RCM...
Jan 15, 2018
Khan hits 53 in losing cause for Canada at ICC U19 Cricket World Cup
LINCOLN, New Zealand - Captain Arslan Khan scored 63 runs in a losing cause Monday as Canada dropped its opener at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018, beaten by 66 runs by Bangladesh. Put into bat, Ba...
Jan 15, 2018
Quebec provincial police beef up cold case squad to try to crack unsolved deaths
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police will significantly hike the number of officers assigned to its cold case squad in the coming months as it aims to tackle a backlog of unsolved slayings dating back ...
Jan 15, 2018
Efforts underway to break up ice jams that flooded Quebec City neighbourhood
QUEBEC - Authorities warned Monday there could be more evacuations after weekend flooding forced residents out of about 40 homes in a Quebec city neighbourhood. Heavy equipment had to be brought in to...
Jan 15, 2018
Dolores O'Riordan, voice of The Cranberries, dies at 46
LONDON - Dolores O’Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, died suddenly on Monday at a London hotel. She was 46. The sin...
Jan 15, 2018
Toronto Argonauts sign receiver Armanti Edwards to two-year contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts signed receiver Armanti Edwards to a two-year contract extension Monday. Edwards was scheduled to become a free agent next month. "Armanti has a great team-first attitu...
Jan 15, 2018
Image problem? Some cities end their role in A&E's 'Live PD'
HARTFORD, Conn. - For some of the law enforcement agencies that agreed to be on A&E Network’s real-time police show “Live PD,” the goal of being more transparent with their profe...
Jan 15, 2018