Category Archives: Canadian Press
Skepticism follows Montreal police plan to combat profiling of racial minorities
MONTREAL - Anastasia Marcelin, originally from Haiti, says she became an activist after witnessing how city police treated her three younger brothers in their Montreal North neighbourhood. She was par...
Dec 11, 2018
Christine Sinclair named Canadian Women's player of the year for the 14th time
TORONTO - Canada teammate Jordyn Huitema hadn’t been born when Christine Sinclair won her first Canadian Women’s Player of the Year Award in 2000. Eighteen years later, Sinclair’s re...
Dec 11, 2018
Former NHL executive Brian Burke invests in his second favourite sport -- rugby
TORONTO - Former NHL executive Brian Burke’s love for rugby started after his hockey playing career ended. Having won the Calder Cup with the AHL’s Maine Mariners in 1978, he started that ...
Dec 11, 2018
Canadian warship witnesses possible violations of North Korea sanctions
OTTAWA - The crew of a Canadian warship in the Pacific had front-row seats to potential violations of UN sanctions against North Korea during a recent patrol in the East China Sea - but was under orde...
Dec 11, 2018
Leman in limbo waiting for weather to launch start of World Cup ski cross season
Brady Leman will find out what it’s like racing as the reigning Olympic men’s ski cross champion, if the season ever starts. The 32-year-old Calgarian and the rest of the Canadian ski cros...
Dec 11, 2018
Coach Hunter wants up-tempo Team Canada as world junior squad hits ice
COLWOOD, B.C. - Team Canada coach Tim Hunter says the team that looks to defend its world junior hockey title over the Christmas season will be one of the fastest ever. Hunter said he expects to see s...
Dec 11, 2018
Protesters demanding clemency for woman, interrupt governor
NASHVILLE - Gov. Bill Haslam told a group of protesters demanding clemency for a Tennessee woman serving life in prison that he’s reviewing her case. Cyntoia Brown was 16 when she killed a man w...
Dec 11, 2018
Memoirist who wrote about priest dad wins Thurber prize
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A woman who wrote a memoir about having a married Roman Catholic priest for a father has won the country’s top humour writing prize. Patricia Lockwood, author of “Priestda...
Dec 11, 2018
Bahamian forward Leashja Grant thankful for second chance at Lakehead
TORONTO - One of Canadian university’s most dominant players was a grocery cashier at a corner store in Nassau only a couple of seasons ago. U.S. visa issues had prevented Leashja Grant from ret...
Dec 11, 2018
Study finds female-led films outperform male ones
NEW YORK - A study organized by Time’s Up, the organization formed to promote gender equality, has found that female-led films consistently outperform male-led movies at the box office. The stud...
Dec 11, 2018