Category Archives: Canadian Press

VICTORIA - Former British Columbia premier Dave Barrett, the scrappy but always smiling leader of the province’s first New Democrat government, has died in Victoria. He was 87 years old. Barrett...

BRENTWOOD, Mo. - Around 400 students at a suburban St. Louis school got part of the day off Friday after a 9-foot-long boa constrictor wriggled out of her aquarium, setting off a frantic search. The S...

QUEBEC - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Friday he is open to echoing some of the Quebec government’s constitutional demands in his party’s 2019 election platform. During a trip wit...

SASKATOON - Saskatchewan Roughriders’ wide receiver Duron Carter has been charged with marijuana possession. Court records and a release from the team indicate Carter was arrested and charged Th...

SALT LAKE CITY - In a story Feb. 2 about Jon Huntsman Sr., The Associated Press erroneously reported the amount of money Huntsman gave to a super PAC supporting his son’s presidential campaign. ...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Feb. 2 --- TRUDEAU DEFENDS PIPELINE AT NANAIMO TOWN HALL: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got a rough ride at his latest town hall meeting in Nanaimo, B.C., on ...

BROSSARD, Que. - If fans are confused about what constitutes goaltender interference in the NHL, well so are the players. At least that was the feeling players expressed Friday as the Anaheim Ducks an...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Four current California lawmakers have faced sexual misconduct complaints since 2006 but none was disciplined, according to documents released Friday by the state Legislature. The...

After stumbling at the first hurdle of World Cup qualifying last summer, Rugby Canada fired its coach and initiated a structural makeover. The organization finds itself at another crossroads Saturday ...

Ottawa Senators forward Bobby Ryan is out with another hand injury but coach Guy Boucher says this ailment is different from the ones he has suffered in the past. Ryan scored a third-period, power-pla...