Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Canada’s men’s sprint story at last month’s world track and field championships began with the disastrous news that Andre De Grasse was out with an injury. It ended with th...

TORONTO - Toys “R” Us Canada sought creditor protection largely due to the financial woes of its U.S. parent company, which filed for bankruptcy, but consumers may still be wary of its Can...

OTTAWA - Thomas Chabot understands that he needs to be patient. Drafted 18th overall by Ottawa in 2015, Chabot is coming off a spectacular junior season and expectations are sky-high for the 20-year-o...

WINNIPEG - A northern Manitoba Indigenous community that was forced to relocate 61 years ago will be getting some of its traditional land back. The provincial government has signed an agreement to tra...

Jake LaMotta, an iron-fisted battler who brawled his way to a middleweight title and was later memorialized by Robert De Niro in the film “Raging Bull,” has died. He was 95. The former mid...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Sept. 20 --- LIBERALS SEIZE ON TORY’S ‘BARBIE’ TWEET: The Liberals have their sights set on Conservative Gerry Ritz after the Saskatchewa...

ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Brian Mulroney returned once more to St. Francis Xavier University, his Nova Scotia alma mater, for the official ground-breaking of a $100 million project for which he raised the mo...

WILMINGTON, Vt. - A Vermont man is trying to turn his property into a wildlife refuge for bears. The Brattleboro Reformer reports (http://bit.ly/2xibO7e ) Jim Burke met with the Wilmington Development...

The Halifax Mooseheads hope an exciting crop of draft-eligible players will help the team move on from the likely departure of star sniper Nico Hischier. The Swiss prospect was selected first overall ...

QUEBEC - The Quebec government rejected calls Wednesday from the opposition to publicly denounce the intensifying crackdown in Spain against the Catalan independence movement. Christine St-Pierre, Que...