Category Archives: Canadian Press

Another group of residents seeks to sue CP Rail over Lac-Megantic rail disaster
MONTREAL - A new group of mostly Lac-Megantic residents is seeking authorization from Quebec Superior Court to sue for economic and moral damages worth upwards of $5 million relating to the ...
Jun 07, 2018
Toronto's Andrew Nembhard captains Canada in U18 FIBA Americas championship
TORONTO - Andrew Nembhard headlines Canada’s team for next week’s FIBA U18 Americas championship in St. Catharines, Ont. Canadian coach Dave Smart released his 12-man roster on Thursday, a...
Jun 07, 2018
Toronto FC hopes the time is right to return Michael Bradley to midfield role
Michael Bradley’s adventure in defending started in Mexico, in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final after Toronto FC Drew Moor went down in training. “I looked at (Br...
Jun 07, 2018
Blue Bombers starting QB Nichols to miss 4-6 weeks with knee injury
WINNIPEG - It could have been much worse. That was the overriding reaction to news Thursday that Winnipeg Blue Bombers starting quarterback Matt Nichols will miss four-to-six weeks with an unspecified...
Jun 07, 2018

Capitals head coach Barry Trotz soaking in Cup experience after long road
LAS VEGAS - Barry Trotz waited a long time - 26 years behind professional hockey benches, to be exact - before getting his first crack at competing for a Stanley Cup. The...
Jun 07, 2018
Wandering caterpillars make for slippery road in Maine
BLUE HILL, Maine - Drivers: Better watch out for caterpillars in one Maine town. The Maine Department of Transportation posted an alert for two days that the insects were making things slippery along ...
Jun 07, 2018

Hamilton says getting record-tying seventh Canada GP win may be tougher
MONTREAL - Lewis Hamilton’s quest for a record-tying seventh Canadian Grand Prix victory will be tougher than he wanted. The British driver was hoping to have an updated engine&nb...
Jun 07, 2018

Bryan Colangelo resigns as 76ers president
PHILADELPHIA - Bryan Colangelo may not have authored any of the tweets himself, but he seemed to provide private information that went into them. And when his wife used those details to criticize his ...
Jun 07, 2018

Countries stymied in search for response to gig economy, Hajdu says
OTTAWA - Updates to the social safety net and protections for workers have yet to keep pace with tectonic shifts in the labour market, the country’s labour minister says, highlighting the challe...
Jun 07, 2018

N.S. sawmill museum blames closure on Canada Summer Jobs abortion controversy
METEGHAN RIVER, N.S. - A small Nova Scotia museum has “closed indefinitely” after it said it was denied federal funding for refusing to conform to a controversial abortion rights...
Jun 07, 2018