Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The federal director of public prosecutions is officially asking a court to toss out a plea from SNC-Lavalin to spare the company from criminal proceedings. The director’s court filing ...

OTTAWA - As a federal election approaches, Microsoft is offering advanced online threat-detection tools to Canadian political candidates and parties to shore up their cyberdefences. Microsoft’s ...

TORONTO - A West African man who spent seven years in a maximum security prison awaiting deportation can pursue only part of his civil lawsuit against the federal government, an Ontario court has rule...

VANCOUVER - An annual celebration of everything hockey will have extra implications for many Canadian NHL teams this year. Six of the country’s seven squads are still in the hunt for playoff spo...

VICTORIA - Money laundering in British Columbia has become a top issue for the federal and provincial governments with federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau vowing a “crack down” Friday, w...

TORONTO - For more than a century, SNC-Lavalin has been viewed with pride in Quebec as it grew from a small firm specializing in hydraulics into a global engineering and construction giant. Founded in...

CFL free agency is set to begin at noon ET on Tuesday. Here’s a look at some of the top players expected to hit the open market: QUARTERBACKS Mike Reilly: The 34-year-old led the CFL in passing ...

After a disappointing last-ditch loss in Uruguay last week, Canada coach Kingsley Jones chose to think of the positives ahead of Saturday’s Americas Rugby Championship test against Brazil. The C...

LOS ANGELES - The winds have changed again for the long-awaited movie version of the hit musical “Wicked.” Universal Pictures says Friday that the film will land in theatres on Dec. 22, 20...

BARCELONA, Spain - Two passenger trains rammed head-on into each other on a track near Barcelona on Friday, killing one person and injuring 16 others, authorities said. The commuter trains collided in...