Category Archives: Canadian Press

BOSTON - The Boston Celtics will retire Paul Pierce’s No. 34 during their Feb. 11 game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The longtime Celtics forward will be the 22nd player so honoured - the fir...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s workplace safety agency has released the first official account of a “Deadpool 2” stuntwoman’s death, saying SJ Harris was thrown off a motorcycl...

VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan is denouncing hate speech ahead of a rally in Vancouver this weekend. In a statement, Horgan says the recent violence in Charlottesville, Va., was horrifying but th...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski’s victim to end the criminal case against the fugitive director. Judge Scott Gordon ruled Friday Polanski must...

REVERE, Mass. - Two Boston-area residents say they’ve set the world record for travelling to every stop on the city’s subway system in about 7 1/2 hours. The Boston Globe reports Dominic D...

CHICAGO - Jake Arrieta may never duplicate the second half he had two years ago in winning the NL Cy Young Award. The Cubs don’t care. They’ll take what the right-hander is giving them now...

WINNIPEG - A high-profile candidate running for the leadership of Manitoba’s Opposition New Democrats is revealing more brushes with the law following an anonymous email circulated to media this...

TORONTO - A Gibraltar-based company says its online lottery jackpot shop is open for business in Canada. Lottoland says it gives Canadians a chance to bet on the world’s largest jackpots online,...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Aug. 18 --- CANADIANS AMONG CASUALTIES IN BARCELONA ATTACK: Spain says Canadians are among the casualties in the terrorist attack in Barcelona. Spanish offici...

MONTREAL - Another divorce in Canada’s loyalty card sector has consumers stuck in the middle asking questions about the future of an industry still bruised by the actions of some of its largest ...