Category Archives: Canadian Press

RED BANK, N.J. - Comedian and former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart has surprised construction workers at a New Jersey performing arts theatre with a free lunch. Stewart appeared behind the...

TORONTO - Oh baby! Hockey fans will be hearing a familiar voice on “Hockey Night in Canada” for one last season. Legendary play-by-play man Bob Cole will return to the broadcast booth to c...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government’s 12 appointments to a new provincial advisory council on education have been announced, three weeks after the school year has started. The Liberal governmen...

BURNABY, B.C. - Through nine NBA seasons with two of the league’s best teams, a couple of stops in the NBA G-League, and a brief stint in Slovenia, Danny Green has seen virtually everything an N...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has just spent $1.6 million to replace the word “Amerindian” and modify other Indigenous content in history textbooks that had been introduced only two yea...

BANFF, Alta. - Hundreds of tiny beetles have been released in Banff National Park to try to fight a weed. Known as weevils, they are being used as a biological control agent to kill the Yellow Toadfla...

OTTAWA - The official charged with reviewing the controversial transfer of Tori Stafford’s killer from a medium security prison to an Indigenous healing lodge says she is comfortable with the de...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An 18-year-old Little Rock teen has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old girl in 2016. Court records first reported by the Arkans...

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain - Judi Dench says she doesn’t condone any inappropriate conduct by Kevin Spacey, but says scrubbing him from a film sets a questionable precedent. The celebrated British act...

TORONTO - U Sports, the governing body of university athletics in Canada, announced a new transgender policy on Thursday that will allow athletes to compete on teams that correspond with their gender ...