Category Archives: Canadian Press

Doug Gilmour pays tribute to his parents in long-awaited autobiography
TORONTO - The roots for Doug Gilmour’s lengthy and in some ways unlikely NHL career were laid in Kingston, Ont., where he learned some tough but valuable lessons from his father. While Gilmour...
Dec 19, 2017
Lions name veteran Jeff Reinebold as their special-teams co-ordinator
VANCOUVER - Jeff Reinebold is back for a third stint with the B.C. Lions. The Lions hired Reinebold as their special-teams co-ordinator Tuesday. Reinebold spent the last five seasons with the Hamilton...
Dec 19, 2017

Latest stats show illegal border crossings continued to decline in November
OTTAWA - A decision by the Trump administration to yank protected status for thousands of Haitians doesn’t appear to have prompted a new surge of asylum seekers at the Canada-U.S. border. Data p...
Dec 19, 2017
Alouetes call news conference; GM Reed expected to name new head coach
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes have called a news conference on Wednesday at which they are expected to introduce a new head coach. General manager Kavis Reed, who took over coaching duties after f...
Dec 19, 2017
Chinese tiremaker picks North Carolina site for major plant
RALEIGH, N.C. - A Chinese tiremaker is moving more aggressively into the U.S. market, announcing plans Tuesday for a North Carolina factory that is to eventually employ 800 and produce six million tir...
Dec 19, 2017

More than one third who consumed pot drove within two hours: Health Canada survey
OTTAWA - More than one third of Canadians who reported consuming cannabis in a Health Canada survey said they’d gotten behind the wheel of a car within two hours of pot use. Among respondents wh...
Dec 19, 2017

Key budget themes for Morneau: helping women, preparing workers and science
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says his next federal budget will focus on improving the economic success of women, finding ways for science to help the economy over the long haul and preparing...
Dec 19, 2017
Tegna buys San Diego's KFMB-TV, radio stations for $325M
SAN DIEGO - The owner of KFMB-TV, San Diego’s CBS 8 television station, and 760-AM talk radio station says it is selling its holdings to publicly traded Tegna Inc. for $325 million in cash. The ...
Dec 19, 2017

Two charges against Mountie after man shot dead outside Surrey police station
VANCOUVER - Charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon have been laid against an RCMP officer after the fatal shooting in 2015 of a young man in Surrey, B.C. Const. Elizabeth Cucheran is ...
Dec 19, 2017

Rogers, CBC sign 7-year sub-licensing agreement for Hockey Night in Canada
TORONTO - Rogers Media and CBC have signed a new seven-year sub-licensing agreement for English-language broadcasts of “Hockey Night in Canada” and the Stanley Cup playoffs. The agreement ...
Dec 19, 2017