Category Archives: Canadian Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A museum official who questioned “Star Wars” actor Adam Driver’s recent comments about remembering frequent Ku Klux Klan rallies during his youth in northern India...

FREDERICTON - The parties are ready, the signs are printed and the buses are fuelled up. The campaign for New Brunswick’s provincial election officially begins Thursday with the writ drop. Chief...

TORONTO - A professional urban planner considered a credible, if long-shot challenger to Toronto’s incumbent mayor in October’s municipal vote is set to hold her first campaign rally Thurs...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s coroners service says 134 people died of illicit-drug overdoses in July, a 25 per cent increase from June. The latest fatalities are the second-highest figures of a...

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Walt Disney Co. is offering to pay full tuition for hourly workers who want to earn a college degree, finish a high school diploma or learn a new skill, the entertainment giant sai...

TORONTO - Aaron Sanchez was reluctant to share how he hurt the middle finger on his pitching hand when it happened two months ago. Now that he’s poised to return to the major league mound, he...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she’s “very encouraged” by signals from Washington that the United States and Mexico are close to figuring out their bilatera...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will open the 2019 season on March 28 against visiting Detroit. The Jays will also mark 30 years at Rogers Centre when they host the New York Yankees on June 5, the ann...

OTTAWA - In an attempt to set the narrative for this week’s policy convention in Halifax, Andrew Scheer’s Conservative team laid out its policy agenda for “fair, orderly and compassi...

OTTAWA - A nascent federal agency designed to find new ways to finance construction of transit systems is making its first investment in a multibillion-dollar electric rail system in Montreal. The Can...