Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Fred VanVleet doesn’t believe in New Years resolutions. If he did, playing with a greater sense of urgency in 2019 would be one. The Toronto Raptors have been playing the long game thi...

OTTAWA - The federal infrastructure minister says he is looking to connect private backers with some of the country’s rural and northern communities to pay for badly needed broadband internet co...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond will be receiving the highest honour in her home province - the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. Osmond, 23, left Marystown, N.L., fo...

JANUARY 2018 1 – DeMar DeRozan scored a career-high and Toronto Raptors franchise single-game record 52 points in a 131-127 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in overtime. 1 – J.T. Miller...

JULY 2018 1 – Manuel Lopez Obrador won Mexico’s presidential election, defeating incumbent Enrique Pena Nieto. He took office on Dec 1. 1- NHL all-star free agent centre John Tavares signe...

JOHANNESBURG - Driven from office by scandal, former South African president Jacob Zuma plans to record music in 2019. An official says Zuma, who resigned in February, will in April record “his ...

Verizon customers can continue to watch ESPN, ABC and other channels owned by Disney after the two companies announced a deal over programming fees. The telecommunications giant and the entertainment ...

NEW YORK - Revelers in New York’s Times Square are contending with rain drops and a bit of price gouging ahead of the New Year’s Eve ball drop. Monday’s rainy, but mild weather saw s...

DAVOS, Switzerland - Jaakko Rissanen scored in the eighth round of a shootout to give Finnish club KalPa Kuopio a 2-1 win over three-time defending champion Canada in the final of the Spengler Cup on ...

WASHINGTON - Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday took the first major step toward launching a widely anticipated campaign for the presidency, hoping her reputation as a populist fighter can help her navig...