Category Archives: Canadian Press

'Tireless MP and brave fighter': PM announces Mauril Belanger's death at 61
OTTAWA - Mauril Belanger, a Liberal member of Parliament for more than two decades and a lifelong advocate for francophone rights in English Canada, has died after a very public battle with an incurab...
Aug 16, 2016
Wildfire burns with ferocity never seen by fire crews
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A wildfire with a ferocity never seen before by veteran California firefighters raced up and down canyons, instantly engulfing homes and forcing thousands of people to flee, s...
Aug 16, 2016

CP NewsAlert: Andre De Grasse wins silver medal in 200-metre sprint
RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada’s Andre De Grasse wins silver medal in men’s 200-metre final at Rio Olympics. More coming. The Canadian Press
Aug 16, 2016

Rape case from the past casts pallor on 'Birth of a Nation'
LOS ANGELES - A 17-year-old rape accusation and recent reports that the female accuser who continued to be haunted by the case committed suicide in 2012 has cast a shadow over Nate Parker’s upco...
Aug 16, 2016

Roundup: Reigning world high jump champion Drouin wins Olympic gold for Canada
RIO DE JANEIRO - Derek Drouin emphatically got Canada back on track at the Rio Olympics, laying down an inspiring performance to win the gold medal in the men’s high jump on Tuesday. Canada was ...
Aug 16, 2016
Manitoba wants to withdraw from federal freshwater fish marketing corporation
WINNIPEG - Manitoba has served notice that it plans to withdraw from a federal Crown corporation that markets freshwater fish. Premier Brian Pallister says the province wants to give its fishers the o...
Aug 16, 2016
Case of B.C. man accused of posting terrorist propaganda online going to trial
VANCOUVER - The Public Prosecution Service of Canada says the case against a British Columbia man charged with four terrorism-related offences will go directly to trial. Spokeswoman Elizabeth Armitage...
Aug 16, 2016

Veteran Waters available but Argos aren't in the market for a new kicker
Swayze Waters is looking for a job, but don’t expect him to return to the Toronto Argonauts any time soon. Waters spent four seasons as a kicker and punter in Toronto before signing as a punter ...
Aug 16, 2016
Five issues raised Tuesday by Canadian police chiefs at their annual conference
OTTAWA - Five positions taken Tuesday by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police: National security - Early intervention, education and public help is vital to prevent radicalization and extremis...
Aug 16, 2016
Alouettes look for offence against Redblacks, with or without receiver Carter
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes are already the CFL’s lowest-scoring team and face visiting the first-place Ottawa Redblacks without star receiver Duron Carter. Carter is to attend a hearing w...
Aug 16, 2016