Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONTREAL - While the roller derby of today might not quite provide the crazy and often violent entertainment the sport offered in the 1960s and ’70s, the 24 women’s leagues in Canada are a...

CALGARY - Riding around in the back of the Canadian men’s ski team van and reading The Economist directed the course of Scott Hutcheson’s life. He decided to go back to school - he’d...

CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board sent investigators to Calgary International Airport on Thursday after a WestJet passenger plane was forced to return after taking off. The board said there wa...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says transport trucks and school buses built after 2020 will have to be more efficient and produce fewer greenhouse gases. New regulations announced tod...

VANCOUVER - The Supreme Court of Canada is set to release its decision Friday on whether law societies have the right to deny accreditation to a proposed law school at a Christian university in Britis...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - It is a long way between prairie ranchland where cattle graze and ocean waters where seaweed blooms, but Canadian scientists want to study whether red algae can one day be used as ...

HONOLULU - The lava pours from the ceilings. It explodes from the mountaintop. It creeps, then pours and roars down the mountainside as people frantically try to escape - with dinosaurs chasing after ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced the Newfoundland Growlers will be their new ECHL affiliate for the upcoming season. The Growlers, who will play at Mile One Centre in St...

The advance in technology at the World Cup is evident in more than use of VAR (Video Assistant Referee). The 32 teams will have stats tablets to see in-game positional data on players and the ball. It...

TORONTO - Masai Ujiri was playing for the Derby Storm of the British Basketball League against a tough Birmingham Bullets team coached by a 20-something Nick Nurse. It was 1995, and the first meeting ...