Category Archives: Canadian Press

Conservatives agree to remove attack ad spoofing "Heritage Minute" format
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they have taken down an attack ad that spoofed the famous “Heritage Minute” format. A party spokesman says the ad “was obviously intended as pa...
Feb 03, 2019

Leonard scores 18 points to lift Raptors to easy 121-103 win over weary Clippers
TORONTO - The Los Angeles Clippers limped into Toronto less than 24 hours after their biggest regular-season comeback in franchise history. The Raptors were rested and ready. Kawhi Leonard scored 18 p...
Feb 03, 2019
Family holds out hope of finding Quebec teen who disappeared 10 years ago
MONTREAL - Just before 8 a.m. on the morning of Feb. 10, 2009, David Fortin asked his mother, Caroline Lachance, to drive him to school. After she said she couldn’t, the teen didn’t insist...
Feb 03, 2019
Huawei fades from U.S. headlines, but still looms large over trade talk
WASHINGTON - A Canadian reader of U.S. news reports about last week’s trade talks with China could be forgiven for wondering: what the heck happened to Huawei? After all, the week began with the...
Feb 03, 2019
Canada wins gold in men's team relay at short track speedskating World Cup
DRESDEN, Germany - Canada won gold in the 5,000-metre men’s relay on Sunday at a short-track speedskating World Cup. Charle Cournoyer, Pascal Dion, Samuel Girard and Charles Hamelin completed th...
Feb 03, 2019
Iraqi novelist gunned down in southern city
BAGHDAD - A local police official says an Iraqi novelist has been killed by live fire in the southern city of Karbala. The official says Alaa Mashzoub was gunned down Saturday night by unknown assaila...
Feb 03, 2019
Toronto Wolfpack open season with win but York City Knights make it difficult
YORK, England - The Toronto Wolfpack made Brian McDermott’s debut as coach a winning one Sunday in an 14-0 victory over York City Knights in Betfred Championship rugby league play. But newly pro...
Feb 03, 2019
Liberal MP Adam Vaughan apologizes for 'whack' tweet aimed at Premier Doug Ford
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP from Toronto has apologized for a tweet sent Saturday morning that many on Twitter took as a threat against Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Adam Vaughan said sorry for tweeting that p...
Feb 03, 2019
Canada loses third-place game to Nicaragua at Pan Am baseball qualifier
IBIUNA, Brazil - Nicaragua scored four runs in a dramatic top of the 10th inning en route to a 14-12 victory over Canada on Sunday in the third-place game of a Pan American Games baseball qualifier. I...
Feb 03, 2019

Suspect arrested in shooting that sent transit officer to hospital in Surrey, BC
SURREY, B.C. - Police say they arrested a man days after he allegedly shot a transit officer in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday. RCMP began looking for Daon Gordon Glasgow on Thursday in connection with th...
Feb 03, 2019