Category Archives: Canadian Press
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign OL Michael Couture to contract extension
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed Canadian offensive lineman Michael Couture to a one-year extension Tuesday. The six-foot-four, 295-pound native of Burnaby, B.C., was scheduled to become a free agent ...
Jan 22, 2019
Kevin Gilmore takes over for Joey Saputo as president of Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact owner Joey Saputo is stepping down as president of the MLS club, handing those duties to Kevin Gilmore. A 54-year-old Saguenay, Que. native, Gilmore has worked in executive roles with ...
Jan 22, 2019
Canada missing Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil for Davis Cup tie in Slovakia
MONTREAL - Canada will be short-handed for a Davis Cup qualifier in Slovakia next month. Milos Raonic is not on the list of players to represent Canada in the clay-court tie Feb. 1-2. The Thornhill, O...
Jan 22, 2019
Zamboni stranded in N.S. ditch takes off as amusing Canadian snapshot
WINDSOR, N.S. - The powerful storm that battered Eastern Canada Monday had an unexpected casualty — a Zamboni found in a ditch near Windsor, Nova Scotia, without a rink in sight. A bemused drive...
Jan 22, 2019
Italy senator apologizes for tweet citing anti-Semitic text
MILAN - A senator with Italy’s governing 5-Star Movement has apologized for a tweet citing a century-old anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, which he later deleted. Elio Lannutti came under fire aft...
Jan 22, 2019
High court lets military implement transgender restrictions
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration can go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender men and women while court challenges continue, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The high cou...
Jan 22, 2019
Plane crashes into front yard of rural Ohio home; 2 dead
APPLE CREEK, Ohio - Authorities say two pilots are dead after a plane crashed into the snow-covered front yard of a rural Ohio home shortly after taking off from a private airfield nearby. The State H...
Jan 22, 2019
'Roma,' 'Cold War' among foreign-language Oscar nominees
LONDON - Five movies about individuals and families confronting social and historical tumult are competing in the Academy Awards’ race for best foreign-language film. Mexican director Alfonso Cu...
Jan 22, 2019
Oscar nods honour 'Roma,' 'The Favourite,' 'Black Panther'
NEW YORK - Oscar voters on Tuesday showered Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” with a leading 10 nominations for the 91st Academy Awards,...
Jan 22, 2019
Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala aboard missing plane
PARIS - The search for the missing plane taking Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala to his new team in Wales was called off for the night on Tuesday with authorities not expecting to find any surviv...
Jan 22, 2019