Category Archives: Canadian Press

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders signed defensive lineman Ese Mrabure on Tuesday. The 25-year-old from North York, Ont., has played a total of 38 CFL games - including 16 starts - over three CFL seaso...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Feb. 13 --- JUSTICE MINISTER DEFENDS BOUSHIE TWEET: Jody Wilson-Raybould doubled down Tuesday on her controversial reaction to the Colten Boushie verdict, sa...

TORONTO - The Toronto Rock announced midfielder Tom Schreiber will miss six to eight weeks after an injury. It happened in the fourth quarter of last week’s game against the Rochester Knighthawk...

MONTREAL - The Canadian government needs to shave a bit off the corporate tax rate and provide financial incentives for investments in artificial intelligence and robotics following U.S. tax reforms, ...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is moving to ensure the Senate doesn’t hold up its plans to legalize recreational marijuana in July. The government’s representative in the upper house, Sen...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s teachers union has called an unexpected strike vote, setting up a showdown with the province’s Liberal government over education reforms. Any strike would not be le...

VERO BEACH, Fla. - Florida state troopers managed to stop an SUV with a stuck accelerator after it travelled about 50 miles (80 kilometres) on Interstate 95 at speeds up to 100 mph (160 kph). A Florid...

PORTLAND, Maine - New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has visited a hospital in Maine to make a donation and meet with kids. Gronkowski, his father and two of his brothers delivered a $25,00...

The British Columbia Lions beefed up their offensive line with the signing of Americans Joel Figueroa and Jeremy Lewis as the free agent market opened Tuesday in the Canadian Football League. Figueroa...

MONTREAL - Canadian security agencies are voicing their concern about the proposed takeover of Aecon Group Inc. by a Chinese state-owned business, prompting Ottawa to order a full national security re...