Category Archives: Canadian Press
National Capital Commission extends LeBreton Flats dispute deadline
OTTAWA - The National Capital Commission has granted the parties involved in a dispute over a plan to build a community featuring a new downtown arena for the Ottawa Senators more time to resolve thei...
Jan 14, 2019
Serena Williams wins Australian Open return; Venus gets by
MELBOURNE, Australia - This was quite a return for Serena Williams. Almost as if she never left. In her first match at the Australian Open since winning the 2017 title while pregnant - and her first o...
Jan 14, 2019
Murder charge against senior with dementia who died last week withdrawn
CALGARY - The Crown says a second-degree murder charge against a Calgary senior accused in his wife’s death has been withdrawn following his death. Fred van Zuiden was found unfit to stand trial...
Jan 14, 2019
For NDP's Jagmeet Singh, the pressure rises as the votes draw closer
OTTAWA - Critics of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh say his performance in a weekend TV interview is a sign he may not be prepared for the challenges of the election year ahead. His supporters shrugged it of...
Jan 14, 2019
RCMP to review arrests at B.C. pipeline blockade and create temporary detachment
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP will review the actions of officers who arrested 14 people at an Indigenous pipeline blockade in northwestern British Columbia, and will also erect a temporary detachment to ma...
Jan 14, 2019
Canadian women's rugby sevens team opens against Fiji at Sydney Sevens
TORONTO - Canada has been drawn in a group with Fiji, Ireland and Russia at the HSBC Sydney Sevens. The Feb. 1-3 tournament is the third round of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series. The Canad...
Jan 14, 2019
Jimmy Fallon: Puerto Rican episode a 'love letter' to island
LOS ANGELES - Jimmy Fallon said a “Tonight Show” episode taped in Puerto Rico with “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is a love letter to the island still in hurricane-recov...
Jan 14, 2019
NLL's Philadelphia Wings fire announcer after racially insensitive remarks
PHILADELPHIA - Shawny Hill has been fired by the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League two days after he made racially insensitive comments about a First Nations player on the visiting Ge...
Jan 14, 2019
Detroit show has SUVs, horsepower, but electric cars are few
DETROIT - Automakers have promised to start selling hordes of electric cars in the next few years, but only two will be unveiled at the big Detroit auto show that kicks off this week - and those aren&...
Jan 14, 2019
Emergency doctors say mock disaster helped prepare for Ottawa bus crash
OTTAWA - Dr. Manoj Lalu was in the middle of a routine, elective surgery at the Ottawa Hospital Friday evening when the hospital suddenly declared a Code Orange, invoking a protocol for dealing with a...
Jan 14, 2019