Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Five things to know about the much vaunted but secretive Avro Arrow fighter jet program that was scrapped in 1959: - The CF-105, known as the Avro Arrow, was a globally leading-edge intercep...

TORONTO - A somewhat beaten-up test model used in the development of Canada’s much vaunted but secretive Avro Arrow fighter jet has been found covered in zebra mussels upside down on the bottom ...

CFB GAGETOWN, N.B. - Some of the world’s best snipers are gathered at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, to compete against their peers in an elite profession that is the stuff of movies and myths. ...

VANCOUVER - A project to increase diversity in Vancouver’s news media is among seven gender-equality initiatives in British Columbia that have received a total of $2.2 million in federal funding...

TORONTO - At eight years old, Julia Van Damme was like most other kids her age - going to school, playing sports and goofing around with her younger sister and older brother. But a routine eye exam tu...

Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson was miserable the last time his team played Real Salt Lake - and not just because of the result. “My feet were freezing on the sidelines,” the ...

HOUSTON - J.J. Watt is being honoured by the NFL Players Association after raising more than $29 million for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Watt was named the NFLPA’s Community MVP on Friday f...

NEW YORK - Rafael Nadal went into his U.S. Open semifinal against Juan Martin del Potro with a relatively simple game plan: Stay away from the big guy’s flat, fearsome forehand and instead go af...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has earmarked just over $274 million to support policing and border efforts associated with the plan to legalize recreational marijuana use. The government said Friday ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s minority New Democrat government released an ambitious list of affordability-focused pledges in its throne speech Friday, and the possibility of delivering those pr...