Category Archives: Canadian Press

LANSING, Mich. - The Republican-controlled Michigan Legislature on Wednesday passed laws to raise the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour and require employers to offer paid sick leave - if they...

NEW YORK - Pictures of mice lounging around an anti-rodent device designed to make them flee were cited by a judge who let a class-action lawsuit proceed Wednesday against a company that sells and mar...

ARLINGTON, Texas - Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani has new damage in his pitching elbow and the team says Tommy John surgery has been recommended. A couple of hours before Ohtani hit two...

NEW YORK - Clutching his young daughter in his arms, LeBron James said he stands with Nike, a clear reference to the company’s Colin Kaepernick ad campaign. The basketball superstar - and new Lo...

HAMILTON - Head coach June Jones isn’t optimistic about receiver Jalen Saunders returning to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats anytime soon. Saunders was carried off the field with an apparent knee injury...

Winnipeg quarterback Matt Nichols could do almost nothing wrong during the Blue Bombers’ three-game winning streak earlier this year. But now that the team is riding a three-game losing skid, ma...

OTTAWA - The sudden emergence of Canada’s exemption for its cultural industries as a late-stage NAFTA snag is being met by skepticism from trade experts who have closely followed the deal’...

SURREY, B.C. - If Chris Rainey is in the B.C. Lions lineup this week remains questionable and the running back/returner is frustrated with the decision. Head coach Wally Buono said the roster for Frid...

TORONTO - Canada’s health minister is offering to share the federal government’s research on overdose prevention and supervised consumption sites with Ontario as the province weighs whethe...

TORONTO - Students had to withstand sweltering conditions in classrooms across much of Ontario as temperatures soared on Wednesday, prompting calls for the government to address the lack of air condit...