Category Archives: Canadian Press

Canadian figure skating star Tessa Virtue is getting a Barbie made in her likeness. Virtue joins the iconic line of toy dolls as part of Barbie’s “Role Models” series. Virtue’s...

EDMONTON - Police have charged a former guard at a federal prison in Alberta with sexually assaulting a female co-worker. Graham Trevor Spilsbury also faces a charge of assault with a weapon against t...

LOULE, Portugal - Canada displayed a resolute defence and some steely nerves Wednesday in dispatching Sweden in a 6-5 penalty shootout to claim bronze at the Algarve Cup. After Canadian goalkeeper Ste...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census “threatens the very foundation of our democratic system” because it would cause a...

TORONTO - A look at the eight teams competing in the U Sports women’s basketball championship Thursday through Sunday at Ryerson University in Toronto: No. 1 LAVAL ROUGE ET OR Overall record: 17...

BRANDON, Man. - Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs and Alberta’s Kevin Koe stayed unbeaten at the Canadian men’s curling championship Thursday. Both teams won their first games of the ch...

MONTREAL - Cuban authorities have backed off a threat to seize the last surviving St. Lawrence River schooner, which ran aground on a beach in the Caribbean country on Jan. 27. But the danger remains ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Civic-minded Virginia residents logging on to a city website expected to find video of the most recent Charlottesville City Council meeting, but were instead greeted with an ant...

QUEBEC - Martin Prud’homme, the chief of Quebec’s provincial police, has been temporarily suspended pending an investigation into an allegation he committed criminal offences. Public Secur...

HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The rebuilt Humboldt Broncos hockey team is heading to the playoffs. The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team was devastated after its bus and a transport truck collided at a rural...