Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault took the Couillard Liberals to task Thursday after a leaked report showed a $4-billion Green Fund aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions ...

PORTLAND, Maine - This was a sub worth diving into. Eleven sandwich shops in Maine combined forces to create a 160-foot-long (49-meter-long) Italian sandwich. The ginormous sandwich disappeared as qui...

OXFORD, N.S. - As residents of a small Nova Scotia town gathered Thursday for a public information session about what created a large and active sinkhole near a busy Tim Hortons, a geologist suggested...

TORONTO - The man who went on a deadly shooting rampage before killing himself in Toronto’s Greektown this summer was an emotionally disturbed loner and did not appear to act out of any particul...

Ondrej Pavelec, who was a workhorse in the Jets’ goal after the NHL franchise moved from Atlanta to Winnipeg, announced his retirement Thursday. The 31-year-old from Kladno, Czech Republic, made...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - If you want a straw with your drink or a soda with a kids’ meal at a California restaurant, you’ll need to ask for them starting next year. A law signed Thursday by Go...

TORONTO - It was an answer that threw Mike Babcock for a loop. With the Maple Leafs putting on the full-court press in pursuit of John Tavares this summer, the star centre was asked by Toronto’s...

OTTAWA - The House of Commons unanimously adopted a motion Thursday to recognize the crimes against the Rohingya as a genocide. The motion, put forward by Liberal MP Andrew Leslie, also endorsed the f...

NEW YORK - Montreal Canadiens forward Max Domi has been suspended for the remainder of the NHL pre-season after punching Florida defenceman Aaron Ekblad during an exhibition game. The NHL’s Depa...

OTTAWA - Canada has joined a global alliance trying to rid the world’s oceans of millions of tonnes of old fishing nets. Canada is the 13th nation to join World Animal Protection’s Global ...