Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Unlike the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada, a North America men’s World Cup in 2026 would be played on natural grass. “I believe moving forward that the inclination will b...

MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois founder Lucien Bouchard says he is “very discouraged” by what he sees happening within the sovereigntist party. Seven of the Bloc’s 10 MPs quit the party la...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government revealed more details Thursday of its plan to cut greenhouse-gas emissions and charge a new $25-per-tonne carbon tax. Many of the finer points - such as specific tar...

TORONTO - The Toronto Transit Commission says it has parted company with more than 200 people who had connections to a multimillion-dollar benefits scam. The transit provider says 223 employees have b...

NEW ORLEANS - Tom Benson, a successful auto dealer and longtime owner of the New Orleans Saints who brought the franchise its only winning seasons and the “Benson Boogie,” has died. Benson...

MONTREAL - Quebecor Media has chosen to not exercise its right of first refusal in the sale of Just For Laughs, the comedy company said Thursday. A deal between the two firms gave the Montreal-based m...

Congress reacted Thursday to an Associated Press investigation into sexual assault among children on U.S. military bases by demanding the Defence and Justice departments explain how they will solve th...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s Opposition United Conservatives say there should be no more carbon tax increase without the consent of voters. Party leader Jason Kenney introduced a private member's bill T...

NEW YORK - Conductor James Levine sued the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday after a sexual misconduct investigation sank his storied career, saying the renowned company exploited baseless allegations to...

LOS ANGELES - Nearly three-quarters of a century after he was killed in the ferocious World War II battle chronicled in the 1977 film “A Bridge Too Far,” Staff Sgt. David Rosenkrantz is co...