Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's Tracy Fleury tied with South Korea for Group A lead at World Cup
OMAHA, United States - Canadian skip Tracy Fleury sits tied for the top spot in Group A of the women’s draw at the second World Cup of the season after round-robin action Friday. Fleury’s ...
Dec 07, 2018
Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive co-ordinator Jerry Glanville steps down
HAMILTON - Longtime football coach Jerry Glanville is leaving his post as defensive co-ordinator for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Ticats announced Friday that the 77-year-old Glanville will not return...
Dec 07, 2018
Liberals order Crown attorneys to stop prosecuting some HIV non-disclosure cases
OTTAWA - Canada’s justice minister is instructing federal prosecutors in the North that they should no longer prosecute anyone for not disclosing their HIV status to a sex partner where there is...
Dec 07, 2018
Uranus Examiner ends publication, blaming judgmental people
URANUS, Mo. - The Uranus Examiner, a small Missouri newspaper whose name inspired chuckles and groans when it launched a few months ago, is closing. The paper’s editors announced the end of publ...
Dec 07, 2018
Movie has cattle call for real cows, dairy need not apply
CINCINNATI - A film promotion organization in Cincinnati is holding a cattle call for actual cattle. The non-profit Film Cincinnati put out a vague call for a major motion picture Friday, saying it ne...
Dec 07, 2018
Canada's Nurse wants to give young girls opportunity to play at highest level
When Kia and Tamika Nurse were growing up, U.S. college basketball coaches rarely ventured north of the border to scout - and even less so to scout girls. Travelling teams for top female players were ...
Dec 07, 2018
In darkness and chaos, deputy killed by friendly fire
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - As terrified people scrambled out of broken windows, screaming and bleeding and fleeing a mass shooting inside a California bar, Sgt. Ron Helus and a highway patrolman decided ...
Dec 07, 2018
Heavy rain, flooding, tornadoes forecast for Houston region
Houston authorities have activated their emergency operations centre and the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch as a storm system could bring up to 10 inches (25 centimetres) of r...
Dec 07, 2018
Leafs players William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen involved in minor car accident
Toronto Maple Leafs players William Nylander and Kasperi Kapanen were involved in a minor car accident Friday afternoon. A team official confirmed in an email to The Canadian Press the collision occur...
Dec 07, 2018
Fewer than half of ballots returned so far in B.C.'s electoral reform referendum
VANCOUVER - An advocate for maintaining British Columbia’s electoral system as it is questions whether residents really care about reform, given voter turnout figures released on the final day o...
Dec 07, 2018