Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - A four-year-old British Columbia boy is fighting for his life, just days after coming down with what appeared to be a flu that developed into a rare and potentially deadly blood infection....

OTTAWA - Georgette LeBlanc became Canada’s eighth parliamentary poet laureate in January. During her two year-tenure, she will be expected to write poems for major events, sponsor poetry reading...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The trial of a Newfoundland man accused of murdering his five-year-old daughter and burning down his house has now been scheduled for next March. Trent Butt had been expected ...

BEIJING - Asian stocks fell for a second day Tuesday amid jitters about U.S.-Chinese trade tensions and mounting public scrutiny of technology companies. Markets in China, Japan, Australia and South K...

NEW YORK - Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand has been fined US$5,000 for cross-checking Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Andrew MacDonald in the face, the NHL’s department of player safety annou...

TOULOUSE, France - Nick Rawsthorne scored a pair of tries as the Toronto Wolfpack held on to beat Toulouse Olympique XII 24-13 on Monday in a clash of the top two teams in rugby league’s second-...

CALGARY - Torstar Corp. is more than doubling the pool of reporters at its western Canadian Metro free daily newspapers, an unusual move in a shrinking industry that puts it in direct digital competit...

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York state appeals court to throw out or freeze a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who has a...

TORONTO - Up to 30 people may have been exposed to a used needle during blood sugar tests conducted at a community event in Toronto last month, the city’s public health authority said Monday as ...

VANCOUVER - A disease that’s killed hundreds of feral rabbits in British Columbia has prompted a Metro Vancouver zoo to take precautions to protect its bunnies and those of the public. Menita Pr...