Category Archives: Canadian Press
Lillian Ross, longtime New Yorker writer, dead at 99
NEW YORK - Lillian Ross, the ever-watchful New Yorker reporter whose close narrative style defined a memorable and influential 70-year career, including a revealing portrait of Ernest Hemingway, a cla...
Sep 20, 2017
Collar helps prevent microdamage in brain due to head hits in sports, maker says
TORONTO - Sports equipment maker Bauer unveiled a collar-like device Wednesday that it says can protect against microscopic brain damage in athletes playing contact sports like hockey, football and so...
Sep 20, 2017
Saskatchewan Roughriders face tough task playing Calgary Stampeders at McMahon
On Friday, the focus turns to football for Duron Carter and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Carter was at the centre of some drama this week when he and Sam Williams, a defensive back on Saskatchewan...
Sep 20, 2017
All alerts, evacuation orders lifted as worst wildfire season eases in B.C.
VANCOUVER - For the first time in nearly three months, all wildfire evacuation orders and alerts have been lifted in British Columbia as the province begins to recover from its worst wildfire season o...
Sep 20, 2017
Jasper Johns to leave Connecticut estate for artists retreat
HARTFORD, Conn. - Famed painter Jasper Johns is making plans for his rural estate in the Connecticut hills to become an artists’ retreat after he’s gone. The 87-year-old artist, who has li...
Sep 20, 2017
Fed announces a start to modestly reducing its bond holdings
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve will begin shrinking the enormous portfolio of bonds it amassed after the 2008 financial crisis to try to sustain a frail economy. The move reflects a strengthened eco...
Sep 20, 2017
Blue Jays sign righty Marco Estrada to 1-year extension worth $13 million
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays locked up a key piece of the starting rotation for the 2018 season on Wednesday. The one-year extension for Marco Estrada also indicates the team intends to contend nex...
Sep 20, 2017
Retired Mountie headed to U.S. prison for smuggling narwhal tusks
BANGOR, Maine - A retired Mountie accused of smuggling narwhal tusks was sentenced Wednesday to five years and two months in a U.S. prison for related money-laundering counts. Gregory Logan, 60, of Sa...
Sep 20, 2017
EU hails entry into force of Canada trade pact
BRUSSELS - The European Union is celebrating the entry into force of a major trade agreement with Canada as a boost for multilateralism at a time when the United States is looking to renegotiate trade...
Sep 20, 2017
Roughriders sign Canadian defensive back Bouka among host of roster moves
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian defensive back Elie Bouka on Wednesday. The Riders drafted Bouka in the third round, 24th overall, out of the University of Calgary in the 2016 CF...
Sep 20, 2017