Category Archives: Canadian Press
Iowa State guard Wigginton latest Canadian to declare for NBA draft
AMES, Iowa - Iowa State guard Lindell Wigginton is the latest Canadian to declare himself eligible for this year’s NBA draft. Wigginton, a sophomore from Dartmouth, N.S., made the announcement i...
Apr 04, 2019
Man suspected of shooting Nipsey Hussle charged with murder
LOS ANGELES - The man suspected of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle has been charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder. Los Angeles County prosecutors filed the charges against 29-year-old Er...
Apr 04, 2019
CFL to stage one-round draft of European players who participated in combine
TORONTO - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have the first overall pick when the CFL conducts its first-ever European player draft next Thursday. The nine CFL teams will have an opportunity to select one o...
Apr 04, 2019
Oklahoma drops some claims against opioid manufacturers
OKLAHOMA CITY - A week after reaching a $270 million settlement with the maker of OxyContin, Oklahoma’s attorney general Thursday dropped some claims against other drugmakers in a lawsuit allegi...
Apr 04, 2019
Public safety minister says new law targets gang-run drug and crime houses
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has put a target on neighbourhood properties linked to guns, gangs and drugs activities, the public safety minister said Thursday. Mike Farnworth introduced ...
Apr 04, 2019
New complaint of coerced sterilization foreseeable and preventable: lawyer
OTTAWA - The Saskatchewan Health Authority is investigating a new complaint from an Indigenous woman who alleges she was coerced into sterilization after giving birth. The health authority confirmed t...
Apr 04, 2019
B.C. company can sell prescription eyewear online in Ontario, court rules
TORONTO - Ontario regulators have no right to block a company legally operating elsewhere in Canada from selling prescription eyewear to online customers in the province, an Appeal Court ruled on Thur...
Apr 04, 2019
Toronto Marlies sign North Bay Battalion star Justin Brazeau
TORONTO - The Toronto Marlies have signed the second-leading scorer in the Ontario Hockey League this season. North Bay Battalion overage winger Justin Brazeau inked a two-year American Hockey League ...
Apr 04, 2019
Liberals' mortgage plan to have tiny effect on housing prices: CMHC
OTTAWA - Canada’s housing agency says new spending measures aimed at helping first-time buyers afford homes won’t push prices up more than a few tenths of a percentage point. A report Thur...
Apr 04, 2019
Ex-hostage Boyle was angry, bossy after release, witnesses tell court
OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle was angry and domineering in the days following his release from captivity, witnesses told his assault trial Thursday. Boyle and his wife, Caitlan Cole...
Apr 04, 2019