Category Archives: Canadian Press
PBS' 'Retro Report' to link headlines, history; humour too
PASADENA, Calif. - PBS is launching a weekly series that will link headline-making stories to their historical roots. The magazine-format program, titled “Retro Report,” will be hosted by ...
Feb 01, 2019

New-look Toronto Wolfpack start season with same goal of Super League promotion
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack have a new coach in Brian McDermott and a new marquee back in Ricky Leutele among a half-dozen reinforcements. But the goal for the transatlantic rugby league team remai...
Feb 01, 2019
Gloria and Emilio Estefan to receive Gershwin song prize
PASADENA, Calif. - Gloria Estefan didn’t think she’d get married. Her focus was on attending the Sorbonne in Paris. But Emilio Estefan “landed in her lap” and music became her ...
Feb 01, 2019
York 9 FC adds three more homegrown players to Canadian Premier League roster
TORONTO - York 9 FC signed three more Canadians on Friday in forward Michael Cox, goalkeeper Matt Silva and midfielder Munir Saleh. The Calgary-born Cox played most recently for Saint Louis FC in the ...
Feb 01, 2019

Mariano Rivera awed by his first Hall of Fame visit
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Mariano Rivera stopped at the entrance to the Plaque Gallery inside the Baseball Hall of Fame and just gazed at the walls, awestruck by the moment. He was a long way from Puerto Ca...
Feb 01, 2019

Scheer criticizes Trudeau on immigration, argues system's integrity damaged
SURREY, B.C. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the prime minister damaged the integrity of Canada’s immigration system when he tweeted two years ago that Canadians will welcome all those ...
Feb 01, 2019

Trade tribunal tosses U.S. firm's complaint about warship-design competition
OTTAWA - A federal trade tribunal has dismissed a challenge to the federal government’s handling of a high-stakes competition to design the navy’s new $60-billion fleet of warships. The Ca...
Feb 01, 2019
Canadian Olympic star Ted-Jan Bloemen returns to podium
HAMAR, Norway - Canada’s Ted-Jan Bloemen earned a bronze medal in World Cup speedskating action on Friday. The Calgary-based skater finished third in the 5,000 metres for his first medal of the ...
Feb 01, 2019

Vancouver Canucks looking for road wins to claw out clear playoff position
VANCOUVER - Heading into the back half of the hockey season, the Vancouver Canucks know each game will carry a little extra weight. Vancouver (23-22-6) sat just outside of a Western Conference wild ca...
Feb 01, 2019

Canada wants Lima Group meeting to keep pressure on Maduro to step down
OTTAWA - Canada and its Lima Group allies will use their Monday meeting in Ottawa to find new ways - including financial - to support the Venezuelan opposition and ease the refugee crisis in neighbour...
Feb 01, 2019