Category Archives: Canadian Press
Stephenson ready to lead Canada in 7th Women's Baseball World Cup
Before she steps on the field for Canada’s first game of the Women’s Baseball World Cup on Saturday, Ashley Stephenson will sit at her locker and put on her spikes in a purposefully method...
Sep 02, 2016
Raptors sign Ujiri to multi-year deal as president, promote Weltman to GM role
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri has helped turn the Toronto Raptors into a winning franchise, and the team is making sure he’ll be around to continue the job. The Raptors announced Friday that they signed...
Sep 02, 2016
Blue Jays add Canadian Pompey, six other players as rosters expand
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays added seven players to their roster on Friday, inlcluding Canadian outfielder Dalton Pompey. Rosters expanded from 25 men to 40 on Thursday as teams enter the stretch. ...
Sep 02, 2016
Three B.C. teachers temporarily suspended over 'Jar of Death' punishments
SURREY, B.C. - Three high school teachers who failed to intervene when students organized a “Jar of Death” punishment at a camp have been disciplined by the agency that regulates educators...
Sep 02, 2016
Canadian beekeepers face plummeting honey prices as harvest wraps up
CALGARY - As they finish harvesting this year’s crop, Canadian honey producers say they are being stung with prices that have fallen by about 50 per cent since a year ago, a devastating blow tha...
Sep 02, 2016
Officer, suspect shot and killed in New Mexico town
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A police officer who authorities say attempted to chase down a 38-year-old felon with three active arrest warrants was fatally shot by the suspect Friday after an exchange of gunfi...
Sep 02, 2016
Former OHL player to be sentenced for sexually assaulting girl, 16, on Oct. 24
WINDSOR, Ont. - A former Ontario Hockey League player has been freed on bail until his sentencing hearing next month. Ben Johnson was found guilty on Thursday of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl...
Sep 02, 2016
Six cities chosen as test sites for national anti-poverty strategy
OTTAWA - The federal government will go to six cities in the coming months to test ideas that could end up in a promised national poverty reduction strategy. Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Ducl...
Sep 02, 2016
The 'extremely rewarding' mission of the east coast's search and rescue hub
HALIFAX - The small boat is taking on water, its ripped sails flapping furiously in rough seas as a 68-year-old man struggles at the helm of the vessel in distress hundreds of kilometres off Newfoundl...
Sep 02, 2016
Canadian beach volleyball pair Pavan, Bansley split after four years together
Canadian Olympic beach volleyball duo Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley have ended their four-year long partnership. Volleyball Canada said Friday that Pavan, of Kitchener, Ont., and Bansley, of Waterdo...
Sep 02, 2016