Category Archives: Canadian Press

WINNIPEG - Paul Faraci put a new twist on a traditional Italian food and created a snack that would become a staple for fast-food-fuelled teens across Canada. The man credited with inventing Pizza Pop...

BRADENTON, Fla. - The Major League Baseball Players Association filed a grievance against the Miami Marlins, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates and Tampa Bay Rays, accusing the teams of failing to ...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge has stayed murder charges against an Ottawa man in a Hells Angels-ordered killing, saying a third trial for Steven Gareau would undermine the integrity of the judicial pr...

CALGARY - Browsing on a website that calls itself the Chicago Evening Post, one might have assumed five Calgary city councillors are moonlighting as journalists under different names in the Windy City...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons isn’t ready to name newly signed free agent Seung-Hwan Oh as the setup man for closer Roberto Osuna. But Gibbons expects the 35-year-old ri...

TORONTO - Veteran diver Meaghan Benfeito will carry the Canadian flag into the opening ceremony of April’s Commonwealth Games in Australia. A three-time Olympic bronze medallist from Laval, Que....

MONTREAL - An investigation into a judge who tried to force a woman to remove her hijab in the courtroom will proceed, Quebec’s judicial council said Tuesday Esther Boivin, a spokeswoman for the...

VANCOUVER - The SPCA says staff members at a Vancouver Island branch have endured withering public criticism after arranging the adoption of a potbellied pig that was later butchered by its new owner....

LOS ANGELES - It’s the last straw for the California beachside city of Malibu. The City Council has banned all plastic cutlery and straws, citing concerns over keeping its famous beaches clean a...

LONDON - The Kevin Spacey Foundation U.K. has decided to shut down because of the multiple allegations of sexual harassment against the Academy Award winning actor. The foundation said on its website ...