Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard withdraws from National Bank Cup due to virus
QUEBEC - Eugenie Bouchard withdrew from the National Bank Cup on Friday due to a virus. The Westmount, Que., native was a semifinalist at the tournament in 2013. Bouchard, ranked No. 76 in the WTA ran...
Sep 08, 2017
Blue Bombers, Roughriders look to put controversies aside in Banjo Bowl rematch
WINNIPEG - Andrew Harris sent some medical advice to one of his Saskatchewan rivals this week. The Blue Bombers running back revealed with a grin what he messaged to a Roughriders defender ahead of Sa...
Sep 08, 2017
Judge blocks Elliott's 6-game suspension over domestic case
A federal judge blocked Dallas Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott’s six-game suspension over a domestic violence case Friday, setting the stage for a potentially lengthy legal fight with the NFL. Last...
Sep 08, 2017
Alberta woman, two sons charged in death of husband who went missing in 2011
TOFIELD, Alta. - RCMP have charged an Alberta woman and two of her sons in the death of her husband who had been missing since 2011. Police say six years ago 49-year-old Miles Naslund was reported mis...
Sep 08, 2017
Equifax data hack attracts attention of class-action lawyers and privacy watchdog
MONTREAL - A large-scale security breach at credit monitoring company Equifax has already attracted the attention of Canadian class-action lawyers and the country’s privacy commissioner as the f...
Sep 08, 2017
Ontario government's marijuana monopoly could weed out craft growers
TORONTO - Ontario’s plan to sell and distribute recreational pot exclusively through a network of government-operated stores could lock in the dominance of the country’s large-scale licens...
Sep 08, 2017
Canadians living in the path of hurricane Irma preparing for the worst
The house belonging to Audrey Foy, a young woman living in Florida who is originally from Quebec, looked like a bunker Friday. It was hard to find her front door as the facade of her home had been boa...
Sep 08, 2017
Details on where the provinces and territories stand on looming pot legalization
With marijuana legalization looming next summer, Ontario has outlined its plan for the sale of weed. Here’s what’s happening in the rest of the country. - Alberta held public consultations...
Sep 08, 2017
'This bear ain't going to get me:' Bow hunter survives attack in Saskatchewan
SASKATOON - A bow hunter who survived being mauled by a mother black bear after she pulled him out of a tree says he was determined she wasn’t going to get him. Jeff Haydukewich was hunting for ...
Sep 08, 2017
Whitecaps sign Nigerian midfielder Nosa Igiebor to one-year deal with club options
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps signed Nigerian midfielder Nosa Igiebor on Friday to a deal that will run through the rest of this season. Igiebor’s deal also has club options for the 2018 a...
Sep 08, 2017