Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - Maxx Forde’s first highlight with the B.C. Lions wasn’t the day the defensive lineman was drafted, his first game, his first start or his first sack. It happened when he was a ...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Aug. 31 --- HEARINGS CONTINUE INTO LENGTHY AIR TRANSAT FLIGHT DELAYS: Ground crews responsible for two Air Transat flights that sat on the Ottawa airport ta...

MEXICO CITY - Canadian international striker Lucas Cavallini has signed with Puebla FC in the Mexican Apertura tournament. Cavallini, who has won seven caps for Canada, is the first Canadian player in...

OTTAWA - Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau spoke Thursday about their hope to reach a deal by the end of this year on a new North American Free Trade Agreement. The White House offered up that nugget in...

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area man who broke into pay phones 65 times over several months and made off with $6,000 has been sentenced to 16 months in prison. Laval police say Stephane Sauve, 48, had been ...

EDMONTON - Matteo Dal-Cin’s first race since he was crowned Canada’s road cycling champion will be on home pavement. The 26-year-old from Ottawa will wear the Maple Leaf when the Tour of A...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump to offer condolences over the deaths and destruction in Texas and Louisiana caused by hurricane Harvey. The Prime Minis...

WASHINGTON - Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appears to be still alive, a top U.S. military commander said Thursday, contradicting Russia’s claims that it probably killed the top...

EDMONTON - An Alberta university says it has been defrauded of $11.8 million in a so-called phishing attack, admitting it didn’t have safeguards in place as staffers unwittingly paid out million...

LONDON - An arrow was fired onto the field of play at The Oval cricket stadium during an English league match on Thursday, forcing the ground to be evacuated and play to be stopped. London’s Met...