Category Archives: Canadian Press
MLS Cup rematch between Toronto and Seattle sees ratings dip in Canada
TORONTO - The MLS Cup final Saturday between Toronto FC and the Seattle Sounders drew an average of 1.3 million Canadians according to TSN, down 13.3 per cent from last year’s championship game....
Dec 11, 2017
Alphonso Davies, Jordyn Huitema named Canada's U17 soccer players of the year
TORONTO - Alphonso Davies and Jordyn Huitema, who both made a splash after debuting for Canada in 2017, have been named Canadian U-17 soccer players of the year. Davies, born in Ghana and raised in Ed...
Dec 11, 2017
Alberta boy, 6, honoured for quick action after diabetic mother collapses
EDMONTON - A six-year-old boy has been commended for his quick response when his diabetic mother collapsed in their Edmonton home earlier this year. Ronan Male squirted a juice box into his mom’...
Dec 11, 2017
Crown to appeal stay against man accused in 'Surrey Six' murder case
VICTORIA - The Crown is appealing a judge’s decision to stay a murder charge against a man at a trial stemming from the murders of six people in Surrey, B.C. Jamie Bacon was charged with one cou...
Dec 11, 2017
Famed Winnipeg filmmaker and animator Grant Munro dies at age 94
The National Film Board says famed Winnipeg filmmaker Grant Munro has died at the age of 94. Munro was born in 1923 in Winnipeg, where he attended the Musgrove School of Art and the Winnipeg School of...
Dec 11, 2017
No new direct carbon tax on consumers in New Brunswick: government source
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will not impose a new direct tax on consumers when it introduces legislation for carbon pricing on Thursday, according to a government source. The source tel...
Dec 11, 2017
Kentucky lawmaker accused of sexual assault
FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Republican Kentucky lawmaker known for his inflammatory social media posts comparing President Barack Obama and his wife to monkeys has been accused of sexual assault by a woman who...
Dec 11, 2017
Gas driller: Make homeowner pay for disparaging us
MONTROSE, Pa. - A gas driller argued in court Monday that it’s entitled to monetary damages from a Pennsylvania homeowner who continued bad-mouthing the company after settling his water-contamin...
Dec 11, 2017
Mexico City arrests man over building collapse's in quake
Mexico City prosecutors say they have arrested a man who signed off on an apparently faulty construction project that collapsed in the magnitude 7.1 earthquake of Sept. 19 and killed two women. Prosec...
Dec 11, 2017
Class action lawsuit sought over 1966 Spain H-bombs accident
HARTFORD, Conn. - Veterans who say they responded to a 1966 accident involving U.S. hydrogen bombs in Spain and then became ill from radiation exposure asked a federal appeals court on Monday to allow...
Dec 11, 2017