Category Archives: Canadian Press
As injuries mount at TFC, Canadian midfielder Chapman looks to make his mark
TORONTO - As injuries mount for Toronto FC, Canadian midfielder Jay Chapman is getting the opportunity to make his mark. The 24-year-old showed what he was capable of in the first half of Wednesday...
May 11, 2018
Blue Jays pitcher Stroman placed on 10-day disabled list with shoulder fatigue
TORONTO - Marcus Stroman is hoping that taking a step back will help him return to form. The Toronto Blue Jays right-hander, who was placed on the 10-day disabled list Friday with right shoulder ...
May 11, 2018
The top of Ontario: Isolated Fort Severn tries to chart its own course
FORT SEVERN, Ont. - You can’t get much further from the carpeted corridors of power in Ontario’s capital city without stepping onto the frozen waters of Hudson Bay. This is Fort Sever...
May 11, 2018
UN review calls out Canada's treatment of Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA - Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council are urging Canada to improve its treatment of Indigenous people, in particular women and girls. Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould repres...
May 11, 2018
'We gave up a lot:' Chief of most northern Ontario community hates handouts
FORT SEVERN, Ont. - Paul Burke is chief of the 463-strong Fort Severn First Nation, Ontario’s most northerly community, which is located near the mouth of the Severn River as it empties int...
May 11, 2018
Humboldt Broncos to return to the ice for 2018-19 junior hockey season
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The Humboldt Broncos hockey club says a team will be ready to hit the ice in time for the 2018-19 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League season. The club said in a news release Frida...
May 11, 2018
Alaska jury convicts ex-Arizona lawmaker in shooting death
JUNEAU, Alaska - An Alaska jury on Friday convicted a former Arizona lawmaker of first-degree murder in the death of a man on a hunting and fishing trip in 2016. The jury in Juneau found Mark Desimone...
May 11, 2018
Starbucks plan to open washrooms to public no fix for discrimination: author
TORONTO - Starbucks’ plan to open its washrooms to the non-paying public “100 per cent of the time” is good news for consumers who seek a hassle-free place to go on the go, but ...
May 11, 2018
Former vice-president Al Gore's anti-pipeline tweet irritates Alberta premier
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is shrugging off a tweet by former U.S. vice-president Al Gore that slams Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and calls the province’s...
May 11, 2018
Ontario animal welfare agency lays 14 animal cruelty charges against mink farm
STOUFFVILLE, Ont. - Ontario’s animal welfare agency has laid 14 cruelty charges against an unnamed mink farm. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says it began an i...
May 11, 2018