Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Quebec tabled legislation Thursday aimed at regulating the cannabis industry. Some quotes: “(Alcohol and cannabis) are two very different products. Cannabis is a product that will be ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Burglars hit tennis star Venus Williams’ Florida home, stealing $400,000 worth of goods while she was at the U.S. Open, police said Thursday. The burglary happened betwee...

TORONTO - The CFL said Thursday it has had talks with a group looking to secure an expansion franchise for Halifax. “We can confirm the CFL has had discussions with a group interested in securin...

NEW YORK - Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros have grown together, enduring an arduous rebuild and coming out the other side among baseball’s best. These days, nobody is standing taller. Altuve ...

MEXICO CITY - Canada and Mexico are prepared to engage the United States on one of its most contentious demands for NAFTA, in an early indication that proposals currently deemed non-starters could, in...

TORONTO - CONCACAF has approved a “League of Nations” format for play within the 41-country confederation that covers North and Central America and the Caribbean. In essence, it creates a ...

LONDON - American author David France has won Britain’s leading nonfiction literary award with a book about the activists who fought the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 90s. “How to Survive a...

ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. - Transgender high school athletes in New Jersey no longer need documentation to support their gender identity. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association on Wednesda...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government plans to control the online sale of legalized marijuana but will leave over-the-counter sales to private operators. Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley introduced the ru...

TORONTO - Derek Drouin was back home in Toronto nursing an Achilles injury when the high jump event played out at the world championships last summer in London. The Olympic and world gold medallist wa...