Category Archives: Canadian Press

Toronto’s virtual entry in the NBA 2K League next season will be known as the Raptors Uprising Gaming Club (GC). The first year of the basketball video game circuit will feature 17 teams, each w...

TORONTO - Ontario’s ombudsman will investigate an incident in which Niagara Region staff seized a reporter’s equipment and called police. The municipality apologized to a St. Catharines St...

OTTAWA - The Mounties say they are going to take a new look at 284 sexual assault cases that they originally classified as unfounded. The decision comes after the RCMP reviewed 2,225 sexual assault fi...

OTTAWA - Canada has persuaded the Trump administration to consider backing a climate change-related initiative that it wants to showcase when it hosts the G7 summit next year, The Canadian Press has l...

NEW YORK - Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady were sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for drug conspiracy convictions by a judge who said their ineptness at their criminal craft and oth...

EDMONTON - Alberta is taking legal action against Saskatchewan’s licence plate ban, calling it a slam-dunk case over a small-minded policy. “This petty and ridiculous restriction has real ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Pink is joining the list of stars performing in Minneapolis during Super Bowl week. The singer will perform Friday, Feb. 2, at Nomadic Live! in the refurbished Minneapolis Armory buildin...

TORONTO - MLS champion Toronto FC started work on next season’s roster Thursday, declining contract options on eight players. While goalkeeper Mark Pais, defenders Brandon Aubrey and Oyvind Alse...

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Fans fell silent and teammates stopped what they were doing as Dillon Dube, wearing a yellow no-contact jersey, slid on his back and crashed into the endboards with a loud bang....

EDMONTON - The federal Crown has decided to drop its appeal of a ruling dismissing charges against a prominent cannabis activist who was arrested in Calgary during a national tour to give away million...