Category Archives: Canadian Press

Maine judge to weigh death declaration for missing toddler
PORTLAND, Maine - Authorities have uncovered no evidence that toddler Ayla Reynolds is still alive despite the more than 1,000 leads they’ve received since her 2011 disappearance, state police s...
Sep 21, 2017
NHL taps new market, plays 1st preseason game in China
SHANGHAI - A golden dragon was held aloft on poles by skaters. Kobe Bryant appeared on video. NHL mascots gave the crowd a primer on what this odd game is all about. NHL preseason hockey made its debu...
Sep 21, 2017

Canada's best-documented UFO sighting still intrigues, 50 years on
HALIFAX - The first frantic callers to reach the RCMP were clear: something had crashed in the waters off Shag Harbour, N.S. It was around 11 p.m. on the night of Oct. 4, 1967. Most witnesses thought ...
Sep 21, 2017

Thunderbirds general manager keeping WHL title repeat hopes modest
Seattle Thunderbirds general manager Russ Farwell is definitely not boasting about his team’s chances of repeating as Western Hockey League champions. “We are at the start of a new cycle w...
Sep 21, 2017

NHL PREVIEW: Oilers, Hawks, Jets among intriguing teams to watch this season
Hours before they were to host their very first NHL draft, the Chicago Blackhawks turned their team upside down. Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman, still dismayed at how the 2016-17 campaign went...
Sep 21, 2017

Freeland, EU minister celebrate landmark trade deal
NEW YORK - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland hugged and thanked her European counterpart today as Canada and the European Union marked the entry into force today of a trade agreement that too...
Sep 21, 2017

Former Wales captain Kingsley Jones named Canadian men's rugby coach
TORONTO - Kingsley Jones remembers taking Russia to Tbilisi to play Georgia in 2012, the first time the Russian rugby team had been there since the invasion of South Ossettia in 2008. “To go to ...
Sep 21, 2017

Veteran defensive back Grymes returns to Edmonton Eskimos after time in NFL
EDMONTON - Aaron Grymes is back with the Edmonton Eskimos. The veteran defensive back re-signed with the CFL club after being among the final cuts of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles. Grymes spent ...
Sep 21, 2017
Accused in Montreal store clerk's slaying mounting mental disorder defence
MONTREAL - A man on trial for first-degree murder in the slaying of a young female supermarket clerk told jurors Thursday he killed her because he was convinced she was waiting to shoot him and other ...
Sep 21, 2017
Businessman put on notice after rant against Kathy Griffin
NEW YORK - One of the nation’s biggest homebuilders is putting its top executive on notice after a vulgar rant against comedian Kathy Griffin was caught on tape and went viral. KB Home CEO Jeffr...
Sep 21, 2017