Category Archives: Canadian Press
Four men charged in Manitoba for night hunting with lights
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says four men have been charged with hunting at night with lights. The province says wildlife officers nabbed two men in December from the Lake Manitoba First Nation...
Jan 15, 2019
Roughriders coach/GM Chris Jones leaving to take NFL job in Cleveland
REGINA - Saskatchewan Roughriders coach/GM Chris Jones is leaving the CFL team to take a coaching job with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns. The move comes one week after Jones signed a one-year exten...
Jan 15, 2019
Right-wing, neo-Nazi, white supremacist groups an increasing concern: Goodale
REGINA - Canada’s minister for public safety says right-wing, white supremacists and neo-Nazi groups are an increasing concern and threat to Canadians. Ralph Goodale said the groups promote hate...
Jan 15, 2019
Feds poised to bolster RCMP accountability
OTTAWA - The federal government is poised to try to improve RCMP accountability by placing some external eyes on the national police force. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and RCMP Commissioner B...
Jan 15, 2019
Top line of the Colorado Avalanche gets along off the ice, dominates on it
TORONTO - Apart from the all-world skill displayed on a nightly basis, Mikko Rantanen has a simple explanation for why he works so well with Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog. They get along away...
Jan 15, 2019
Pacific FC adds to CPL roster by signing three homegrown products
VICTORIA - Pacific FC has signed former Canadian under-17 players Alessandro Hojabpour, Matthew Baldisimo and Terran Campbell. “These three are solid young players in their age group and we are ...
Jan 15, 2019
IRS recalling 46,000 workers to handle taxes
WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown - nearly 60 per cent of its workforce - to handle tax returns and pay out ref...
Jan 15, 2019
Drug trafficker tells of bribe to ex-president of Mexico
NEW YORK - A Colombian drug trafficker testified Tuesday that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman boasted about paying a $100 million bribe to the former president of Mexico to...
Jan 15, 2019
Bruce Springsteen surprises Irish pub patrons in Boston
BOSTON - Bruce Springsteen made an unexpected visit to a Boston pub last week. Tommy McCarthy, owner of The Bebop, says Springsteen walked into the bar with his wife and another woman to spend some ti...
Jan 15, 2019
Bouchard back? Former Wimbledon finalist is in form ahead of Serena showdown
It can be easy to forget that Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard may very well have a long and fruitful tennis career ahead of her. A seemingly endless slump sent her tumbling down the rankings but there...
Jan 15, 2019