Category Archives: Canadian Press

Roughriders sign head coach/GM Chris Jones to extension through 2020
The Saskatchewan Roughriders helped ease Chris Jones’ pain. The Riders signed Jones, their head coach/GM, to a one-year extension Tuesday. The 51-year-old native of South Pittsburgh, Tenn., is u...
Jan 08, 2019

Canadian officials meet with detainee Michael Spavor in China for second time
OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats visited detained entrepreneur Michael Spavor on Tuesday, their second meeting since he was arrested in China last month for allegedly endangering national security. They ar...
Jan 08, 2019

'That's all I needed to hear:' Truck driver in Broncos crash pleads guilty
MELFORT, Sask. - Scott Thomas was sitting nearby in the courtroom Tuesday when a truck driver pleaded guilty to every charge against him in a highway crash that killed 16 people on a junior hockey bus...
Jan 08, 2019
Texas police say child's abduction staged to cover crime
San Antonio police say the reported abduction of a missing 8-month-old boy was staged to cover up “foul play” involving the child. Police Chief William McManus declined to elaborate Monday...
Jan 08, 2019
Valour FC signs Canadians Jordan Murrell and midfielder Glenn Muenkat
Defenders Jordan Murrell and Skylar Thomas are back together again, this time wearing Winnipeg’s Valour FC colours. The two met in Costa Rica at a Canadian under-18 camp before spending four yea...
Jan 08, 2019

Rod Spittle and Herb Page to be inducted into Canadian Golf Hall of Fame
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Golfer Rod Spittle and longtime college golf coach Herb Page will be inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame this spring. Spittle will enter in the player category while Page wil...
Jan 08, 2019
Bombers agree to terms with Canadian defensive lineman Thomas on extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have agreed to terms with Canadian defensive tackle Jake Thomas on a one-year contract extension. Thomas is entering his eighth CFL season, all with Winnipeg. The ...
Jan 08, 2019

Protests and marches sparked by RCMP arrest at B.C. pipeline protest camp
The arrest of 14 people at an Indigenous blockade in a remote area of northern British Columbia became a flash point Tuesday that sparked protests across the country. Protesters delayed Prime Minister...
Jan 08, 2019

Ennis hopes to rebuild a better version of himself after gruesome injury
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Brittany was the first member of Canadian basketball’s big Ennis family to hear the news. “Hey, prayers for your brother,” someone texted the 19-year-old. Why pra...
Jan 08, 2019

2nd man dies at California home of Democratic party donor
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Detectives have opened an investigation into a second death in less than two years at the West Hollywood home of a Democratic donor, the Los Angeles County sheriff’s dep...
Jan 08, 2019