Category Archives: The Canadian Press

PGA president Don Rea finally apologize for Bethpage Black behavior at Ryder Cup
PGA of America president Don Rea Jr., who initially compared vitriolic comments at the Ryder Cup with what could be heard at a youth soccer game, finally apologized Thursday in an email to the 30,000-...
Oct 02, 2025

Terrebonne one-vote win: postal code error on envelope unreported for three weeks
MONTREAL - An election employee noted a discrepancy in the postal codes of special ballot return envelopes in Terrebonne nearly three weeks before the election, but the error wasn't reported to superi...
Oct 02, 2025

Redblacks' playoff hopes hanging by a thread as Roughriders come to TD Place
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks, stuck at the bottom of the CFL standings, will face their toughest test this of the season Friday night when they host the league-leading Saskatchewan Roughriders. Not o...
Oct 02, 2025

Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges
The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of lewd and indecent a...
Oct 02, 2025

Yukoners going to the polls Nov. 3, territory's premier says
The next Yukon territorial election will happen on Nov. 3, the last possible day allowed under the territory's fixed election legislation. Yukon Premier Mike Pemberton told supporters Thursday that he...
Oct 02, 2025

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta after pregnant mother contracts disease
EDMONTON - A newborn in Alberta has died of measles marking the province's first death from the disease this year, the government said Thursday. Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said the child...
Oct 02, 2025

Ticats running back Bell closing in on first pro 1,000-yard rushing campaign
HAMILTON - It's the Holy Grail for running backs, and a milestone Greg Bell is closing in on for the first time as a professional football player. The six-foot, 200-pound Bell has run for 837 yards (5...
Oct 02, 2025

Woman alleges former Canuck Willie Mitchell sexually assaulted her in 2022
VANCOUVER - A woman has filed a lawsuit against former NHL player Willie Mitchell and a resort in Tofino, B.C., alleging she was sexually assaulted by the one-time Vancouver Canuck while she was "extr...
Oct 02, 2025

Woman alleges former Canuck Willie Mitchell sexually assaulted her in 2022
VANCOUVER - A woman has filed a lawsuit against former NHL player Willie Mitchell and a resort in Tofino, B.C., alleging she was sexually assaulted by the one-time Vancouver Canuck while she was "extr...
Oct 02, 2025

Security task force says it saw 'small scale' foreign meddling during federal vote
OTTAWA - A new report from a federal security task force says foreign interference activities during the last general election were "small scale" and often difficult to attribute to an actor from abro...
Oct 02, 2025