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'Rules are rules' says Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo about unvaccinated opponents
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo says "rules are rules" when it comes to Canada's COVID-19 regulations. Montoyo made his comments a day after New York Yankees manager Aaron Bo...
Mar 14, 2022

Bombers football club tells Manitoba Liberals to stop selling items with 'W' logo
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba Liberal Party has been told to stop selling merchandise with a "W" logo because it appears similar to that of the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers. A spokespers...
Mar 14, 2022

Wisconsin Democrats vie for edge in crowded Senate race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Democrats in the crowded primary race for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin are trying to distinguish themselves through traditional campaign tactics, like million-dollar television ad buy...
Mar 14, 2022

Federal study details workers whose extra earnings get dinged most by tax system
OTTAWA - A new study from the Finance Department suggests that single parents, lower-income households and recent immigrants are more likely to lose more for extra earnings than most other groups of w...
Mar 14, 2022

Province providing funding to protect places of worship
The Alberta Government is doubling its funding to protect places of worship.Funding for the Alberta Security Infrastructure Program has increased from $2 million to $5 million annually.The province sa...
Mar 14, 2022

Canada's bobsled, skeleton athletes stand resolute in call for resignations
Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes are rejecting mediation, and "stand resolute" in their request for the resignations of two of their national sport organization's executives. A group that has gr...
Mar 14, 2022

Ukraine's unrelenting agony and Patrick Brown joins the race: In The News for Mar. 14
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 Mar. 14 ... What we are watching in the world ...
Mar 14, 2022

Talks to resume as Russia pressures Ukrainian capital Kyiv
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) - Besieged Ukrainians held out hope Monday that renewed diplomatic talks with Moscow might open the way for more civilians to evacuate, as Russian forces kept up their pressure on t...
Mar 14, 2022

Pregnant woman, baby die after Russia bombed maternity ward
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) - A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned. Images of the woman bei...
Mar 14, 2022

Vasilevskiy dominant as Lightning top Canucks 2-1, snapping three-game skid
VANCOUVER - Ross Colton scored the game winner and the Tampa Bay Lightning snapped a three-game losing skid with a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. Both of Tampa's goals came within t...
Mar 13, 2022