Category Archives: Canadian Press
Former journalist and McGill University chancellor Gretta Chambers dies at 90
MONTREAL - Gretta Chambers, a noted journalist and McGill University’s first female chancellor, has died at the age of 90. The Montreal university said in a statement that Chambers held the posi...
Sep 09, 2017
Canada to play Japan for bronze medal at U18 baseball World Cup
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Canada will face Japan for bronze at the under-18 baseball World Cup, while the United States and Korea meet up for gold. Sunday’s bronze-medal game marks the first time sinc...
Sep 09, 2017

Gable, Tiger-Cats hold on to beat Redblacks 26-22; Ottawa loses QB Harris
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks made no excuses Saturday night as they fell 26-22 to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at TD Place. Ottawa didn’t show up for the game until the second half and by then they ...
Sep 09, 2017

Andre De Grasse talks Vince Carter at TIFF premiere of 'Carter Effect' doc
TORONTO - Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse drew inspiration from Raptors legend Vince Carter to finish his university degree. The 22-year-old from Markham, Ont., who graduated from the University ...
Sep 09, 2017

Alberta national park evacuated; firefighters ready to defend its buildings
WATERTON, Alta. - A town in an Alberta national park that would normally still be teeming with late summer visitors is now empty except for emergency workers who are preparing to save its buildings fr...
Sep 09, 2017

Son of ex-Fox News host Eric Bolling dies in Colorado
BOULDER, Colo. - The son of former Fox News host Eric Bolling has died, just hours after Fox announced that Bolling was leaving the network. Bolling said in a tweet on Saturday that he and his wife, A...
Sep 09, 2017

Bikers in the buff ride through Philadelphia's streets
PHILADELPHIA - And they’re off - the bicyclists and their clothes. Thousands of nude cyclists set off on a trek around Philadelphia on Saturday for the annual Philly Naked Bike Ride. About 3,000...
Sep 09, 2017
AP Exclusive: Toxic sites in likely path of Irma
MIAMI - Dozens of personnel from the Environmental Protection Agency worked to secure some of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites as Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida. The agency ...
Sep 09, 2017
They've been warned: Some insist on riding out Irma at home
REDINGTON SHORES, Fla. - Carl Roberts has Chinese food, a case of water and a million-dollar view in his 17th floor Gulf front condo - all he needs, he says, to weather the massive storm coming straig...
Sep 09, 2017

Greek PM: Creditor supervision of economy to end in 2018
THESSALONIKI, Greece - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Saturday that the Greek economy is turning around and will no longer be under the supervision of the country’s creditors in 2018. Speaki...
Sep 09, 2017