Category Archives: Canadian Press
Alouettes look for second win, while ball-hungry Bombers go for fourth in a row
MONTREAL - Kevin Glenn has done a good job of avoiding interceptions this season, but he’ll be facing the hungriest ball hawks in the CFL when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers visit Percival Molson Sta...
Aug 25, 2016
Two more First Nations boys from northern Manitoba switched at birth: family
NORWAY HOUSE, Man. - Indigenous leaders say two men from a northern Manitoba First Nation have DNA evidence showing they were switched at birth - the second such alleged mix-up in the mid-1970s at the...
Aug 25, 2016
Jays activate slugger Bautista off disabled list, option Goins to Buffalo
TORONTO - Jose Bautista isn’t concerning himself with his personal stats this late into the season. He has bigger goals in mind. The Blue Jays slugger, who was reinstated from the disabled list ...
Aug 25, 2016
Previous incidents of violence in Canada that involved a crossbow
Three people died Thursday in an crossbow incident at a home east of Toronto. The following is a list of other crossbow incidents in Canada: - In December 2010, 24-year-old Zhou Fang shot his father i...
Aug 25, 2016
Chinese ambassador hopes canola dispute won't be big issue during Trudeau visit
OTTAWA - China’s ambassador to Canada says he hopes a simmering trade dispute over Canadian canola exports won’t become an even bigger problem with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to vis...
Aug 25, 2016
Nova Scotia fishermen head to court to stop Bay of Fundy tidal test project
HALIFAX - A group representing 175 Nova Scotia fishermen appeared in court Thursday in a bid to stop a plan to test giant electric turbines in the Bay of Fundy - an ambitious project that has been on ...
Aug 25, 2016
Former prime minister Stephen Harper awarded one of Ukraine's top honours
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper has been awarded one of Ukraine’s highest honours. Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko granted the Order of Liberty to Harper to mark the 25th anni...
Aug 25, 2016
Quebec hearings begin into who knew what regarding sale of Rona Inc.
QUEBEC - The former chief of staff to a cabinet minister who has just resigned contradicted his ex-boss Thursday at a special legislature hearing into the controversial purchase of hardware firm Rona ...
Aug 25, 2016
Grief overcomes Mississippi community after slaying of nuns
LEXINGTON, Miss. - The two nuns who were killed in Mississippi were by all accounts some of the most friendly, helpful people in town, cooking and caring for anyone in their poor community - making th...
Aug 25, 2016
Brooke Henderson leading Canadian youth movement at LPGA's Canadian Open
PRIDDIS, Alta. - Led by star Brooke Henderson and following a trail blazed by Lorie Kane, women’s golf in Canada is in the midst of a youth movement. Henderson, an 18 year old from Smiths Falls,...
Aug 25, 2016