Category Archives: Canadian Press
UFC reinstates Cormier as 205-pound champion in wake of Jones doping allegation
The UFC has reinstated Daniel Cormier as light-heavyweight champion in the wake of Jon (Bones) Jones’ latest doping scandal “UFC was informed Wednesday that the result of the UFC 214 bout ...
Sep 13, 2017
World Wildlife Fund survey indicates many Canadian species declining
An extensive survey of Canadian birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians over more than four decades has found that half of them are in serious population decline. Here are a few findings from th...
Sep 13, 2017
'Exceptionally serious:' Report says half of Canadian wildlife declining
An extensive survey of 903 species of Canadian birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians over more than four decades has found that half of them are in serious population decline. Declining specie...
Sep 13, 2017
Prosecutor: Former rap mogul's girlfriend sold video
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors say Marion “Suge” Knight’s girlfriend and a business partner violated a court order by selling surveillance video of the rap mogul running down two men in h...
Sep 13, 2017
University of Calgary researchers looking for meteor fragments in B.C.
CALGARY - A University of Calgary researcher is asking for the public’s help in locating pieces of a meteor that lit up the sky before crashing to earth in southeastern British Columbia on Labou...
Sep 13, 2017
Appeal filed in B.C. child-bride case by member of polygamous sect
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A British Columbia woman wants her conviction overturned after she was sentenced to seven months in jail for taking a 13-year-old girl to the United States to marry the leader of a p...
Sep 13, 2017
Kaepernick, others speak out in support of Seahawks' Bennett
NEW YORK - Athletes and activists including former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick showed their support Wednesday for Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, who says he was s...
Sep 13, 2017
Seniors fight post-hurricane heat with Popsicles, compresses
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Florida seniors were ushered out of stifling assisted-living centres Thursday while caregivers fought a lack of air conditioning with Popsicles and cool compresses after eight people...
Sep 13, 2017
Military says investigation will determine cause of grass fire on CFB Suffield
CFB SUFFIELD, Alta. - The military says it is investigating whether soldiers who were training sparked a grass fire in southeastern Alberta that torched a ranch, forced an evacuation and burned more t...
Sep 13, 2017
Healthy evacuees can return to home on Saskatchewan First Nation; smoke remains
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan First Nation lifted an evacuation order Wednesday, allowing some people to return to their homes that had been threatened by forest fires. Chief Peter Beatty of t...
Sep 13, 2017