Category Archives: The Canadian Press

The Yukon's premier-designate says he's ready to start implementing key promises from his election campaign but stopped short of pledging electoral reform even after residents voted in favour of chang...

VANCOUVER - Travel agents are celebrating Beijing's decision to resume group tourism to Canada after a five-year halt, hoping for the return of big-spending Chinese visitors who were a dominant presen...

BOSTON (AP) - Two men who were in the Boston area for college Halloween parties last weekend set off fireworks inside of an empty Harvard Medical School building, authorities said Tuesday in announcin...

VANCOUVER - A new study says sea otters in British Columbia have been found to be contaminated with so-called forever chemicals found in food packaging, non-stick cookware, cosmetics, electronics and ...

OTTAWA - Tamara Lich is appealing a mischief conviction arising from her role as an organizer of the "Freedom Convoy" that paralyzed downtown Ottawa in early 2022. Lich and fellow organizer Chris Barb...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have parted ways with Vitali Kravtsov. General manager Patrik Allvin announced Tuesday that the team has placed the 25-year-old Russian winger on unconditional waiver...

Sandy Brondello is the first-ever head coach for the WNBA's Toronto Tempo. The 57-year-old Australian was named the expansion franchise's coach on Tuesday, with Brondello saying she passed on other co...

VANCOUVER - The head of Major League Soccer has long believed Vancouver has what it takes to be a premier soccer market. Now, as the Vancouver Whitecaps reach new highs on the field, league commission...

JERUSALEM (AP) - The remains of a hostage in Gaza, Staff Sergeant Itay Chen, have been returned for burial in Israel, the military said Wednesday, in the latest sign of progress under the U.S.-brokere...

QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is extending an olive branch to the province's doctors amid a fight over a new law that changes how physicians are paid. Legault said Tuesday he wants to restart...