Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - The two MLS Cup coaches talked up their fervent fan bases Thursday, with Seattle’s Brian Schmetzer pointing out on-field similarities between the two rivals. “They obviously have...

CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo says seven of its Humboldt penguins drowned in their holding area. Jamie Dorgan, director of animal care, says an investigation has begun to try to figure out what happened. ...

Quebec has committed to providing loan guarantees to companies adversely affected by the softwood lumber dispute with the United States, even if the federal government doesn’t come on board. Pre...

Losing two of Canada’s wartime prime ministers from the country’s $50 and $100 bills won’t be a step backwards for a country that has plenty to learn about itself, a pair of leading ...

OTTAWA - Civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond will be the face on the $10 bill when a new series of banknotes begins circulating in 2018. Here’s a look at how that came to be: - Last January, Fina...

OTTAWA - From the time he was a child in elementary school, Chris Neil was determined to play in the National Hockey League. The hard-nosed Ottawa forward not only made it to the NHL, he’s set t...

MARSEILLE, France - Yuzuru Hanyu took the lead with an electrifying performance in the short program on Thursday to stay on course for a fourth straight Grand Prix Final figure skating title while Can...

OTTAWA - Viola Desmond, who was arrested in 1946 after refusing to leave a whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theatre, has been chosen to be the first Canadian woman to grace the front of a Ca...

TORONTO - Jozy Altidore doesn’t much like sharing with the media and, reading some of his past reviews, it’s not hard to see why. The burly U.S. international forward has had to deal with ...

OTTAWA - The federal public safety minister is keeping the door open to the idea of Canada’s spy agency crunching potentially sensitive data about innocent people. Ralph Goodale told MPs at a Ho...