Category Archives: Canadian Press
Former Montreal Alouettes head coach Joe Scannella dies at age 89
MONTREAL - Joe Scannella, who coached the Montreal Alouettes to two Grey Cup games in the 1970s, has died, the CFL club announced Tuesday. The team was informed by a family member that Scann...
May 08, 2018
Liberal government to spend $1.6M to showcase Canada at G7 media centre
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government will spend nearly $1.6 million to market Canada to foreign journalists coming to Quebec City for next month’s G7...
May 08, 2018
'Ghosts of the Tsunami' wins Rathbones Folio literary prize
LONDON - A reporter’s powerful account of communities devastated by Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami won the Rathbones Folio Prize for literature on Tuesday. Richard Lloyd Parry’s...
May 08, 2018
TFC striker Jozy Altidore out 4-6 weeks after undergoing foot surgery
Toronto FC’s bid to climb out of Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference basement will continue without the help of star forward Jozy Altidore. The Reds, who face the Seattle Sounders in ...
May 08, 2018
Judge approves sale of Weinstein Co. to private equity firm
WILMINGTON, Del. - A Delaware bankruptcy judge says she will approve a private equity firm’s purchase of the Weinstein Co., the studio forced into bankruptcy by the sexual misconduct scandal tha...
May 08, 2018
Israel accuses Iranian forces of rocket attack on Golan
JERUSALEM - Iranian forces based in Syria fired 20 rockets at Israeli front-line military positions in the Golan Heights early Thursday, the Israeli military said, triggering a heavy Israeli reprisal ...
May 08, 2018
"Did we win our game?" Injured Humboldt Broncos player can't recall bus crash
SASKATOON - Humboldt Bronco forward Kaleb Dahlgren remembers putting on his suit during the bus ride to a playoff game, returning to his seat and asking his friend and teammate, Nick Shumlanski, to po...
May 08, 2018
Quebec to impose curfew between midnight and 5 a.m. on some drivers
QUEBEC - Some Quebecers will soon be prohibited from driving between midnight and 5 a.m. The measure will apply as of May 18 to all drivers with a learner’s permit. And the c...
May 08, 2018
On opening night, some break Cannes' selfie ban
CANNES, France - In its first trial, the Cannes Film Festival’s ban on selfie-taking on the red carpet was adhered to by most, but not all, at Tuesday’s opening night ceremony. Some attend...
May 08, 2018
Acting chief electoral officer Stephane Perrault to become permanent
OTTAWA - The man who’s been filling in as the country’s chief electoral watchdog for the last 18 months has been nominated to take over the job permanently. Prime Minister Justin Trud...
May 08, 2018