Category Archives: Canadian Press

CONCORD, N.H. - The Mountain is getting a chance to prove his might. Hafthor “Thor” Bjornsson, the brutal, feared guard of Queen Cersei Lannister in the HBO “Game of Thrones” s...

EDMONTON - Davis Cup rookie Brayden Schnur will kick off Canada’s playoff against India on Friday before teen phenom Denis Shapovalov takes the court in the second match of the best-of-five tie....

VICTORIA - A lawyer from Nova Scotia with experience investigating the actions of police is the new head of British Columbia’s police watchdog agency. Ron MacDonald was named as the chief civili...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Sept. 14 --- UNITED STATES MAY NOT DEFEND CANADA FROM MISSILE: Current U.S. policy directs the American military not to defend Canada if it is targeted in a...

MONTPELIER, Vt. - Vermont’s capital city is saying merci to a French city it’s named after for plans to send some misspelled soccer jerseys its way. The city manager in Montpelier (mahnt-P...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee athletic director John Currie believes in the nickname Lady Volunteers, so he’s bringing it back. Currie said Thursday that athletes for all women’s sports at ...

OTTAWA - In one of his final speeches in the House of Commons, Liberal MP Arnold Chan - who died Thursday after a three-year battle with cancer - delivered earlier this summer a poignant appeal for ci...

OTTAWA - Leaders of indigenous groups have joined a growing list of people asking the federal government to delay its plans to make recreational marijuana legal in Canada by next summer. The Metis Nat...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Crown prosecutors’ office says it will not file an appeal of a judge’s decision rejecting a high-risk designation for a man who killed his three childre...

HAMILTON - It remains unclear who will get the start at quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday night in Hamilton. Veteran pivot Kevin Glenn, who leads one of the top offensive clubs in...