Category Archives: Canadian Press

IRVING, Texas - Baseball players and owners reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labour contract Wednesday night, a deal that will extend the sport’s industrial peace to 26 years since t...

CALGARY - Chad Johnson and the Calgary Flames didn’t show any signs of fatigue on Wednesday night. The red-hot goaltender made 39 saves and Freddie Hamilton and Kris Versteeg scored in the openi...

TORONTO - Raptors coach Dwane Casey didn’t like what he saw in the first three quarters of Wednesday’s game. But his team came through for him in the final 12 minutes. Kyle Lowry poured in...

TORONTO - The champagne bottles spelling out TFC on the floor of the Toronto FC locker-room told the story. As did the big bin of empty beer cans. In its 10th season, Toronto FC is one game away from ...

BOGOTA - After five decades of war, more than four years of negotiations and two signing ceremonies, Colombia’s congress late Wednesday formally ratified a peace agreement allowing leftist rebel...

WINNIPEG - A former student with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet is suing the company and a former instructor, alleging she was sexually assaulted and exploited in the 1990s. She says she suffered mental di...

OTTAWA - The Canadian government is moving to control six chemicals used to make the deadly opioid fentanyl in an effort to contain the growing overdose death toll. Health Canada announced Wednesday t...

WASHINGTON - The House easily approved a sweeping biomedical bill Wednesday that would help drug and medical device companies win swifter government approval of their products, boost disease research ...

WASHINGTON - The House on Wednesday passed a 93-page intelligence policy bill that calls for a high-level panel to counter Russian political interference around the globe. It’s a measure that mi...

HONOLULU - The Hawaii Tourism Authority says the number of travellers to the islands increased 4.3 per cent in October compared to the same month last year, setting a record for the month. The agency ...