Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Environment Canada is going mobile. The federal agency launched its first weather app for iPhone and Android this week, including a new high-resolution radar option so amateur meteorologists ...

Would anyone - anyone at all - like to thank the academy? This is normally the time of year when Oscar hopefuls are readying acceptance speeches that almost always begin with a few words of gratitude ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Mystikal, a Louisiana rapper who had been in custody for nearly 1 1/2 years on a rape charge, has been released on a $3 million bond. The artist, whose real name is Michael Tyler, wa...

EDMONTON - Laurie Moring had an inkling something was up by the time she and her boyfriend were on their way to a Valentine’s Day lunch. Her suspicions grew stronger when Mike Dagenais unexpecte...

TORONTO - Returning to the Western Hockey League for one more season wasn’t what forward Joachim Blichfeld was expecting this past summer. The San Jose Sharks prospect thought he would be turnin...

TORONTO - York 9 FC has signed former Canadian youth international defender Luca Gasparotto. The 23-year-old returns to Toronto after five years and more than 100 appearances in Scotland with Glasgow ...

MILAN - Italian brand Prada said it is forming a diversity council to “elevate voices of colour within the company and fashion industry at large,” a move that follows accusations of racism...

The Toronto Defiant is going to field a Montreal-based esports team in the Overwatch Contenders League. OverActive Media, the Defiant’s parent company, will own the Quebec feeder team with Mirag...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The remarkable theft of about 30,000 litres of iceberg water from a vodka company warehouse in Newfoundland has bewildered the firm’s owners. Iceberg Vodka CEO David Mey...

YARMOUTH, Maine - A Maine town has removed a 90-year-old cemetery plaque that referred to Native Americans as “savage enemies.” Yarmouth Town Manager Nat Tupper says the historical marker ...