Category Archives: Canadian Press
Full statement from Gregg Zaun, who was fired by Sportsnet for inappropriate behaviour
TORONTO - Below is a transcript of the full statement released Monday by former Sportsnet baseball analyst Gregg Zaun after he was fired Thursday following complaints by female colleagues of inappropr...
Dec 4, 2017
Planting the seeds for TFC's turnaround. The trip that started the ball rolling
TORONTO - Greg Vanney inherited a broken team when he took over as Toronto FC head coach on Aug. 31, 2014. And there was little time to fix it with just 10 games remaining in the season. Especially wi...
Dec 4, 2017
Ex-consumer chief to enter Ohio governor's race as Democrat
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former consumer watchdog Richard Cordray put an end to the suspense Monday, confirming after months of speculation that he plans to make a run for Ohio governor. The Democrat planned ...
Dec 4, 2017
Fired broadcaster Zaun 'blindsided' by allegations of inappropriate comments
TORONTO - Fired Sportsnet baseball analyst Gregg Zaun was “blindsided and emotionally gutted” by recent allegations of inappropriate comments toward female colleagues, saying in a statemen...
Dec 4, 2017
Screen Actors Guild Awards taps first host: Kristen Bell
LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild Awards will have a host for the first time next year. Executive producer Kathy Connell said Monday that actress Kristen Bell will preside over the 24th annual cer...
Dec 4, 2017
Family's heart-rending case prompts call for autism strategy: 'We are not alone'
HALIFAX - A heart-rending case involving a Halifax-area boy has triggered new calls for a national strategy to help families with children who can become violently aggressive because of severe autism....
Dec 4, 2017
Tears flow at Thunder Bay hearing for missing and murdered Indigenous women inquiry
A grieving mother, clutching a feather gifted to her by an elder, wiped back tears on Monday as she recounted the torment of losing her daughter - one of dozens of missing and murdered Indigenous wome...
Dec 4, 2017
Husband pleads guilty to killing wife, burying her body in Calgary yard
CALGARY - A man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife because he wanted her to “stop talking” before hiding her body outside the home they shared. Joshua Burgess, 31, p...
Dec 4, 2017
Disabled veterans vow to continue fight with government despite legal setback
OTTAWA - A group of veterans vowed to keep fighting the federal government Monday after the B.C. Court of Appeal rejected their landmark legal effort to win back lifelong disability pensions for forme...
Dec 4, 2017
Kinder Morgan and Burnaby clash in NEB hearing over Trans Mountain project
CALGARY - Kinder Morgan Canada and Burnaby, B.C., clashed in a National Energy Board’s hearing room Monday over the fate of local permitting for the controversial Trans Mountain expansion projec...
Dec 4, 2017