Category Archives: Canadian Press

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Feb. 1 --- REGINA MP ACCUSED OF HARASSMENT: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has ordered an investigation of Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir, without waiting for an actua...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Ballet dancers took to the streets of Argentina’s capital Thursday, blocking traffic but causing onlookers to break into cheers and applause as they performed pirouette...

MONTREAL - The head of Canada’s largest dairy processor is criticizing the federal government’s stance on dairy quotas in the latest version of the Trans Pacific Partnership. Canada was ov...

SYDNEY, N.S. - The mayor of Nova Scotia’s second largest municipality has come out as gay, saying he decided to speak publicly after someone threatened to expose his personal life. Cecil Clarke,...

WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J. - When a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan woke up groggy from recent dental surgery, she had one big fear: “Did I miss the Super Bowl?!?” Haley Parks’ father poste...

Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan was named the Eastern Conference player of the month for January, the NBA announced Thursday. It’s the third time in nine seasons that DeRozan has earned play...

TORONTO - John Herdman will face his first test as Canadian men’s soccer coach against New Zealand on March 24 in Murcia, Spain. While the fixture was arranged prior to Herdman’s Jan. 8 sw...

MONTREAL - Regulators in the state of New Hampshire on Thursday rejected a major electricity project being piloted by Quebec’s hydro utility and its American partner, Eversource. Members of New ...

REGINA - Running back Kienan LaFrance, who helped the Ottawa Redblacks win the 2016 Grey Cup, was released by the Saskatchewan Riders on Thursday. The Riders also let American running back Shakir Bell...

VANCOUVER - Police say two men have been taken to hospital with apparent knife wounds after an altercation while they were winter camping together on a mountain north of Vancouver. North Vancouver RCM...