Category Archives: Canadian Press
CFL star rusher Jerome Messam takes wait-and-see approach to playing Sunday
Calgary Stampeders running back Jerome Messam says he’ll be a game-time decision Sunday against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Canadian Football League’s leading rusher took a hard hit ...
Sep 21, 2017
Star strikers Giovinco, Altidore may sit out again for Toronto FC
Toronto FC, whose season-long home win streak evaporated Wednesday in an ugly 5-3 loss to Montreal, may be without star strikers Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore again this weekend. The club is tr...
Sep 21, 2017
Ottawa appeals ruling that returned citizenship to son of Russian spies
OTTAWA - The federal government is appealing a court decision that handed Canadian citizenship back to the Toronto-born son of Russian spies after it was revoked by Ottawa. In asking the Supreme Court...
Sep 21, 2017
Man dies after swallowing liquid in alleged suicide attempt in front of judge
QUEBEC - The man who swallowed liquid in front of a judge who had just sentenced him to jail on child porn charges died in hospital, police confirmed Thursday. Former college chemistry teacher Nicolas...
Sep 21, 2017
6,000 Canadians evacuated, 168 asked for aid after hurricane Maria: minister
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says 6,000 Canadians who were in the path of hurricane Maria were evacuated before the storm hit. She said today 168 Canadians who chose...
Sep 21, 2017
Waterton Lakes National Park reopens to public, but wildfire still active
WATERTON, Alta. - Parks Canada has reopened the townsite in Waterton Lakes National Park to the public, but advises that all other areas in the park remain closed. The powerful fire that shut down the...
Sep 21, 2017
'Small number' of RBC credit card holders affected in Equifax breach, bank says
TORONTO - RBC says “a small number” of its credit-card clients’ personal information may have been affected in the massive Equifax security breach. Bank spokesperson A.J. Goodman sai...
Sep 21, 2017
6th person accused of defrauding Dolly Parton wildfire fund
GATLINBURG, Tenn. - A sixth person has been accused in a scheme to defraud a fund established by famed country music artist Dolly Parton for victims affected by deadly Tennessee wildfires last year. T...
Sep 21, 2017
Facebook to release Russia ads, beef up election 'integrity'
NEW YORK - Facebook is slowly acknowledging the outsized - if unintended - role it played in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Bowing to pressure from lawmakers and the public, the company said it...
Sep 21, 2017
Aaron Hernandez had severe CTE; daughter sues NFL, Pats
BOSTON - Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez had a severe case of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, researchers said on Thursday. His lawyer announced a law...
Sep 21, 2017