Category Archives: Canadian Press
Lefty pitcher Paxton wins Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's Tip O'Neill award
ST. MARYS, Ont. - Left-handed pitcher James Paxton has been named the winner of the 2018 Tip O’Neill Award by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. The award is given out annually by the Hall of F...
Dec 04, 2018
Twerking request to women's soccer star had 'serious consequences'
The head of a major Canadian women’s sports organization feels a DJ continued a disturbing trend by asking soccer star Ada Hegerberg to twerk after receiving an international award. Allison Sand...
Dec 04, 2018
'He was trying to run:' Calgary Stamps player recounts shooting of teammate
Calgary Stampeder’s receiver DaVaris Daniels described Tuesday how a confrontation outside a bar escalated to a glass being thrown and then the fatal shooting of his friend and teammate Mylan Hi...
Dec 04, 2018
'Black Panther,' 'A Star Is Born' among AFI Awards honorees
LOS ANGELES - “Black Panther,” ”A Star Is Born” and “Mary Poppins Returns” are among the American Film Institute’s top 10 films of the year. AFI announced its...
Dec 04, 2018
Accused Fredericton shooter found fit to stand trial, asks to be set free
FREDERICTON - A Fredericton man accused of murdering two police officers and two civilians in an August shooting spree has been found fit to stand trial. Matthew Raymond is charged with the first-degr...
Dec 04, 2018
Oil prices perk up on trade truce, possible OPEC decision
A rally in oil prices after a two-month slide indicates traders are betting that OPEC and its allies including Russia will agree to produce less crude. Representatives of oil-producing nations will ho...
Dec 04, 2018
B.C. chief says one major oil spill could ruin her nation's economy forever
OTTAWA - Leaders from several north-coast B.C. First Nations say if the Senate doesn’t approve a bill barring super-sized oil tankers from the region, their thriving but fragile marine-based eco...
Dec 04, 2018
New NHL teams have had ups and downs in latest expansion era
The NHL announced on Tuesday that Seattle will join the league as an expansion team in 2021. The league has endured hits and misses since the latest era of NHL expansion began in 1991. Seattle paid US...
Dec 04, 2018
McKenna concerned global politics may keep Paris agreement rules at bay
OTTAWA - Canada will be ready to set tougher emissions-cutting plans when the Paris climate-change agreement kicks in by the end of 2020, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says. McKenna is headin...
Dec 04, 2018
B.C. boy finds syringe, glue stored in board game purchased at thrift shop
PITT MEADOWS, B.C. - A father in Pitt Meadows, B.C., says the last thing his family expected to find inside a second-hand board game was a syringe and toxic glue. Mitch Selman says his six-year-old so...
Dec 04, 2018