Category Archives: Canadian Press
Defending champion Val Sweeting stays unbeaten at Tour Challenge
REGINA - Defending champion Val Sweeting needed an extra end to remain undefeated and secure a spot in the playoffs at the Tour Challenge. The Edmonton skip scored a single in the ninth end to edge Sc...
Sep 08, 2017
B.C. Lions' secondary knows it needs to step up with club on three-game slide
SURREY, B.C. - The focus for the B.C. Lions’ secondary coming into this season was improving on last year’s CFL-low nine interceptions. The unit has already eclipsed that mark in 2017, but...
Sep 08, 2017
List of potential North American World Cup sites narrowed
CHICAGO - Forty-one cities in the United States, Mexico and Canada have submitted preliminary bids to host 2026 World Cup matches. The North American bid committee said Thursday its proposal will be s...
Sep 08, 2017
Durant struggles with Alouettes while Glenn soars with Roughriders
MONTREAL - Last season, the Montreal Alouettes thought veteran Kevin Glenn would stop the carousel of quarterbacks that passed through after legend Anthony Calvillo retired in 2013. When that didnR...
Sep 08, 2017
Star in the Making: Canadian tennis sensation Shapovalov reflects on wild month
TORONTO - Canadians were captivated by the play of Denis Shapovalov at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. The rest of the world took notice at the U.S. Open in New York. The 18-year-old went from playing low...
Sep 08, 2017
Two arrested after sailboat arrives in Nova Scotia carrying suspected cocaine
HALIFAX - Two men are facing drug charges after more than 250 kilograms of suspected cocaine was found hidden on a sailboat, which arrived in Nova Scotia from the Caribbean as darkness fell Sunday nig...
Sep 08, 2017
Thunder Bay, Ont., police chief to stand trial as early as December, lawyer says
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - The police chief of Thunder Bay, Ont., is now expected to stand trial on charges of breach of trust and attempting to obstruct justice as early as December. Chief J.P. Levesque wai...
Sep 08, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for August, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.2 per cent in August. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 14.7 per cent...
Sep 08, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for August, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.2 per cent in August. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ho...
Sep 08, 2017
National employment numbers for August from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at August employment numbers (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.2 per cent (6.3) Employment rate: 61.6 per cent (61.6) Labour force participation rate: 65.7 per c...
Sep 08, 2017