Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The scorching heat wave that set records in Ontario and Quebec over the Canada Day long weekend can’t be directly attributed to climate change - but neither can the likelihood of a conn...

TORONTO - Matt Martin is going back to the New York Islanders. The Toronto Maple Leafs have dealt the feisty forward to the Islanders, who drafted the Windsor, Ont., native in 2008. The Leafs get mino...

NEW YORK - It might seem meshuga - crazy - to stage a beloved musical in a language that most of the audience won’t understand. But Tevye the dairyman and his family will speak Yiddish in an off...

FREDERICTON - Hundreds of people remain out of their homes in New Brunswick months after historic floodwaters swept through the province, destroying buildings and inundating highways. Bill Lawlor, dir...

CALGARY - Tim Hunter gets to coach the Canadian junior men’s hockey team in a city where he was an NHL player for several seasons. Hunter will be behind Canada’s bench at the 2019 world ju...

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede is bringing in new security measures to prevent people from using vehicles as weapons, but most people probably won’t notice any changes. The Stampede begins Frida...

CHURCHILL, Man. - Residents of Churchill are devastated after learning efforts to restore rail service to the northern Manitoba town have fallen apart. Hudson Bay Railway said talks broke down on Tues...

TORONTO - A 21-year-old woman is facing 10 charges after allegedly shooting a pedestrian and a passing cyclist in an unprovoked attack in downtown Toronto. Police say the incident occurred early Frida...

REGINA - Protesters occupying a growing number of teepees set up across from the Saskatchewan legislature say they aren’t going anywhere until they have another meeting with the government. But ...

EDMONTON - An investigative agency has found Edmonton police were blameless in an attempted arrest that resulted in the deaths of an officer and a suspect accused of criminal harassment. “The de...