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The Last Enforcer: Charles Oakley has plenty to say about the NBA
Charles Oakley made a career out of speaking his mind and backing it up. So the retired power forward has plenty to share in his new book "The Last Enforcer." Described as "outrageous stories from the...
Feb 11, 2022

Free Agent Frenzy
Compared to the eight-hour anti-climatic snooze fest that is the NHL Free Agent Frenzy, you really cannot quibble with the CFL version except for the lack of coverage from TSN.The nature of the one ye...
Feb 11, 2022

From Zendaya to Schwarzenegger, celebs pack Super Bowl ads
Who is your favorite celebrity? Chances are, they're in a Super Bowl ad this year. While Super Bowl ads usually feature a bevy of big names, this year, advertisers have gone even further. "The vast ma...
Feb 11, 2022

Ex-rep Anthony Weiner to host radio show with Curtis Sliwa
NEW YORK (AP) - Disgraced former Congress member and ex-convict Anthony Weiner will host a weekly radio show with Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, WABC-AM radio officials announced. The pair, who...
Feb 11, 2022

Draft standards for LTC building design, infection prevention publicly released
OTTAWA - Experts have released a new set of draft standards for long-term care that focus on building design, materials and infection prevention and control. CSA Group, formerly the Canadian Standards...
Feb 11, 2022

Usher performs classic hits at star-studded Chairman's Party
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Usher preached togetherness during "tumultuous times" while performing a series of his hits at an exclusive star-studded afterparty following the NFL Honors. The eight-time Gr...
Feb 11, 2022

Medal hopeful Bloemen fades in men's 10,000; Jones loses 1st curling match at Games
BEIJING - Ted-Jan Bloemen was on pace to medal halfway through his signature event. Then he started running out of gas. For the second time in five days, the Canadian speedskater failed to step onto t...
Feb 11, 2022

Protest showdown and Russian war games: In The News for Feb. 11
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 11 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Feb 11, 2022

Pressure builds to end trucker protests amid escalating economic fallout
OTTAWA - A sense of anxious anticipation is building amid intensifying demands for an end to the protests paralyzing downtown Ottawa as well as border crossings near Coutts, Alta., Emerson, Man., and ...
Feb 11, 2022

Former privacy czar denounces lack of transparency over government's phone-data haul
OTTAWA - Ontario's former privacy commissioner says she is troubled "by the complete lack of transparency" from the Public Health Agency of Canada over its plans to collect millions of people's mobile...
Feb 11, 2022