Category Archives: Canadian Press
Feng fires 63 to take sole lead at Japan Classic
IBARAKI, Japan - Defending champion Shanshan Feng of China fired a 9-under 63 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Tour’s Japan Classic. Feng carded seven bir...
Nov 04, 2017
Canadian James Piccoli wins Tour of Southland
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Canada’s James Piccoli won the Tour of Southland Saturday, becoming only the fourth overseas rider to win New Zealand’s premier cycling race in its 61-year-histor...
Nov 04, 2017

Alouettes finish season on 11-game losing streak after 33-0 loss to Tiger-Cats
Hamilton quarterback Jeremiah Masoli snuck a look up at the big screen as he ran towards the end zone and saw that there was no one around him. “I was kind of shocked,” he said about seein...
Nov 04, 2017

Newcomers, the North and Stephen Harper: how federal politics mattered this week
OTTAWA - The Parliament Hill hoopla this week was all about horoscopes and Halloween costumes, with an undertone of Bill Morneau controversy for good measure. The new Governor General, former astronau...
Nov 04, 2017

Anti-marijuana activists target ads for 'Weedmaps' app in Montreal
MONTREAL - Ben Anson says he was outraged to see a large-scale billboard advertising Weedmaps, an app that lists local marijuana providers, crop up in a spot near several schools in Montreal earlier t...
Nov 04, 2017
No winning ticket for Friday night's $10 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Nov. 10 will be approximately $15 million. The Canadian Press
Nov 04, 2017
Consider workplace safety in legalized marijuana rules, groups urge
VANCOUVER - New rules for legalized marijuana need to consider the impact on workplaces and clarify the rights of both employers and employees, say some business groups. Ottawa has set July 1 as the d...
Nov 04, 2017

Federal threat to impose higher carbon tax on Manitoba 'misguided': minister
VANCOUVER - Manitoba’s sustainable development minister says a federal threat to impose a higher carbon tax on the province is misguided and reveals a breakdown of co-operative federalism. Roche...
Nov 04, 2017

Environment minister confronts Rebel reporter about 'climate Barbie' name
VANCOUVER - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna confronted a reporter for The Rebel on Friday, demanding he make a commitment that the far-right website stop calling her “climate Barbie.̶...
Nov 04, 2017
Canadiens goalie Price to miss at least one game with "minor" lower body injury
WINNIPEG - Goaltender Carey Price has a “minor” lower body injury and will not play Saturday night against the Jets in Winnipeg, the Montreal Canadiens announced. Back-up Al Montoya is to ...
Nov 03, 2017