Category Archives: Canadian Press

Toronto police are issuing a warning after a phone fraud scheme recently bilked five people in the city out of a combined $5.1 million, with investigators saying the scam appears to be targeting hundr...

HUALIEN, Taiwan - Taiwanese broadcasters say two Canadians are among those killed in the earthquake that hit the country this week. They say the bodies of a Canadian couple originally from Hong Kong w...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed Canadian relief pitcher John Axford to a minor-league deal. The deal, announced by the team on Friday, includes an invitation to major league spring trainin...

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Ontario shed some 59,300 part-time jobs in January, the same month the province hiked minimum wage about 20 per cent to $14 an hour - but experts say it may be too soon to know how much the two are co...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government moved Friday to tackle widespread teacher shortage issues by funding more than 100 new training spaces, but the teachers’ union says that does little t...

WINNIPEG - Police in Jamaica say they have made an arrest in the deaths of a husband and wife from Winnipeg a month ago. Melbourne Flake, who was 81, and 70-year-old Etta Flake were found dead in thei...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Tennis fans anxiously awaiting Serena Williams’ return to competitive tennis will have to wait one more day. Williams won’t be playing in either of Saturday’s Fed C...

TORONTO - The Blue Jays figure a healthy Aaron Sanchez can lead them back into the playoffs. Sanchez was an All-Star in 2016, when the right-hander went 15-2 with an American League-leading 3.00 ERA. ...

MONTREAL - Management at the ABI aluminum smelter in Becancour, Que., agreed on Friday to restart negotiations with its 1,030 locked-out employees. The announcement was made by Quebec Labour Minister ...