Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canadians Milos Raonic, Denis Shapovalov win tournament openers
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Canada’s Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov are off to the second round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The fourth-seeded Raonic downed Germany’s Philipp K...
Feb 12, 2019

Canada heading to Czech Republic for Fed Cup World Group playoffs
Canada will hit the road to face the Czech Republic in a Fed Cup World Group playoff tie April 20-21. It’s a tough draw for the Canadians, who are 0-6 against the Czechs in Fed Cup history. The ...
Feb 12, 2019
Man who dumped tuna in woods pleads guilty, gets probation
PEABODY, Mass. - A Massachusetts man authorities say caught a tuna out of season and then dumped the headless, 400-pound carcass in the woods has been placed on probation after pleading guilty to rela...
Feb 12, 2019
Queen Elizabeth II okays 'upskirting' ban in England, Wales
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II has given royal approval to a law that will make it illegal in England and Wales to take “upskirting” photos. The law will make it a criminal offence to take pi...
Feb 12, 2019

Kyle Shewfelt pained by turmoil in gymnastics, but hopeful for a healthier sport
CALGARY - Canadian gymnastics is having a reckoning. As painful as it is for Canada’s lone Olympic gold medallist in gymnastics to see coaches charged with sexual offences, Kyle Shewfelt wants h...
Feb 12, 2019
Small-business lobby group sharpens criticism of Liberals' carbon-tax program
OTTAWA - An organization of small-business owners that helped spearhead a public campaign against the Trudeau government’s tax-change proposals for private corporations is sharpening its critici...
Feb 12, 2019
Harrison Ford knocks Trump, others who 'denigrate science'
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Harrison Ford offered an emphatic plea on Tuesday for protecting the world’s oceans, calling out President Donald Trump and others who “deny or denigrate scie...
Feb 12, 2019
'Boomerang' series updates story for millennial audiences
PASADENA, Calif. - A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, where TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs. ___ ‘BOOMERANG&...
Feb 12, 2019

Nicki Minaj pulls out of BET concert after network's tweet
LOS ANGELES - Nicki Minaj says she’s cancelling her appearance at the BET Experience Concert after the network tweeted about her and fellow rapper Cardi B. Minaj said Monday on social media that...
Feb 12, 2019
2 Parkland moms now divided over guns
PARKLAND, Fla. - It’s an image that has become emblematic of the Parkland school massacre : two terrified moms outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, one of them a tall, weeping blonde with the ...
Feb 12, 2019