Category Archives: Canadian Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A measure that would divide California into three parts won’t appear on the November ballot, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday, marking the latest defeat for a long-...

After more than three years of waiting in vain for Adonis Stevenson, Montreal-based Eleider Alvarez will finally get a shot at a world title - against Sergey (Krusher) Kovalev. The Colombian-born Alva...

REGINA - A group that advocates on behalf of prisoners says a Regina inmate was given an insulting complaint form that called them a whiner. Sherri Maier, a legal assistant who also works for Beyond P...

MONTREAL - Every day, an estimated 2.4 million Canadian potatoes are thrown in the trash. That’s along with 1.2 million apples, one million cups of milk, 750,000 loaves of bread and 450,000 eggs...

OTTAWA - Sunny ways? Not so much at Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s historic home. The small structure north of Montreal has seen a sharp decline in attendance, to 623 visitors in 2016 from about 2,600 in...

TORONTO - The blockbuster deal that saw the Toronto Raptors send all-star guard DeMar DeRozan to the San Antonio Spurs for 2014 NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard is one of the biggest in the city’s h...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The famous “whale man of Newfoundland” is being remembered in a new play opening in St. John’s this week. “Between Breaths” follows scientist Jon...

Montreal health authorities now say 53 deaths in the city may be attributable to a heat wave earlier this month. The new number could mean as many as 89 Quebecers died as a result of heat-related comp...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A pilot flying in rapidly deteriorating weather in Alaska confused snow on a mountain with a body of water before crashing a floatplane with 10 passengers onto the rocky mountainsi...

WINNIPEG - For decades, Winnipeg residents have debated the idea of allowing pedestrians to once again cross a downtown intersection many consider iconic. This fall, they may be able to vote on it. Ma...