Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - As Canadians celebrated the country’s birthday on Sunday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on the road highlighting the stand he has taken against the U.S. government’s decision ...

MANAMA, Bahrain - A stretch of boreal forest along the Manitoba-Ontario boundary has won international recognition for its pristine environment and connection with Indigenous culture. Pimachiowin Aki ...

TORONTO - Fred VanVleet has always bet on himself. Because for awhile, it seemed like nobody else would. But VanVleet earned the Raptors’ undying support as the hard-working motor that powered T...

A New Brunswick couple says they got away unscathed after they were followed by a great white shark while canoeing during an otherwise-tranquil June day. Pat Barker and her husband, both avid canoers,...

LONDON - Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash picks Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov as one to watch at this year’s tournament. In a Sunday Times column under the headline titled “Where is...

LONDON - Serena Williams says it isn’t fair that she has been drug-tested more than other American tennis players this year. “Just test everyone equally,” the seven-time Wimbledon ch...

PARIS - Le Monde newspaper says Tour de France organizers have forbidden four-time champion Chris Froome from taking part in this year’s race. According to the newspaper, Amaury Sport Organisati...

VICTORIA - The University of Victoria has a new online exhibit of Johnny Cash memorabilia donated by the family of his longtime Canadian manager who pursued a history degree at the university after gu...

EDMONTON - Alvaro Pinto wants Alberta’s energy regulator to follow its own oilsands rules. The director of sustainability for the Fort McKay First Nation - a community surrounded by oilsands dev...

STEINBACH, Man. - There’s no wind and it feels like the sun’s heat has baked the inside of a food truck where Anna Sigrithur stands over a hot stove pouring crepe batter into a pan. Withou...