Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - What about us? That was Canadian captain Christine Sinclair’s question Tuesday, apparently after seeing the Canadian Soccer Association’s enthusiastic social media push of the Ca...

CALGARY - Dillon Dube’s choice of number drew a few comments from his Calgary Flames teammates. But he didn’t care. The directive from Flames general manager Brad Treliving for Dube to tra...

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier-designate Francois Legault will be welcoming a host of new faces along with some more familiar ones as his party forms Quebec’s next government. Aside from Legault and ...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks’ decision not to name a captain this season was “pretty easy,” says head coach Travis Green. The club announced Tuesday it had instead chosen to go ...

HALIFAX - Financial controls remain a problem “year after year” at the Nova Scotia Health Authority, where a lack of guidance led to a bill of more than $8,400 for a Christmas party, says ...

OTTAWA - What’s in a name? Lots of jokes, apparently, if it’s the moniker for the revamped North American Free Trade Agreement. While NAFTA rolled off the tongue and became almost as famil...

EDMONTON - Alberta is ditching its privatized model for road testing and will administer road exams directly to new drivers. Transportation Minister Brian Mason says it’s the best solution to fi...

MONTREAL - The future of the Parti Quebecois, long the pillar of the sovereigntist movement, is shaky after it suffered an unprecedented defeat at the polls Monday. Eric Belanger, professor of politic...

WINNIPEG - The father of a woman whose body was discovered at a recycling depot says the family is devastated by her death. Mary Madeline Yellowback, 33, was a mother of six from God’s River, Ma...

GENEVA - Alibaba founder Jack Ma said Tuesday that the trade dispute between the U.S. and China could last 20 years. But he expressed hope that a solution could be reached as a trade war would “...