Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The Liberal government faced fresh accusations of misleading the public on Tuesday after the country’s top soldier said Canadian troops have been allowed to fire first in Iraq. Governme...

MONTREAL - An ex-aide to Michael Applebaum testified he wore a wire in an attempt to help police extract a confession in 2013 from the then-interim Montreal mayor. But Applebaum offered little in conv...

CALGARY - Lary Kuharich, a former head coach of the Calgary Stampeders and B.C. Lions who later won two titles in the Arena Football League, has died. He was 70. The native of Middletown, N.Y., who al...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis now has a blue Chicago Cubs hat to go with his traditional white skull cap. Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich presented Francis with the hat and what looks like a signed base...

OTTAWA - An emotional Health Minister Jane Philpott, brought to tears by her own father’s experience with dementia, suggested Tuesday that the Liberal government plans to support a national stra...

A study suggests Canada’s attempts to set a price on carbon are being undercut by subsidies to the fossil-fuel industry. A coalition of four environmental groups have summed up tax exemptions, i...

TORONTO - To help Auston Matthews through the first offensive slowdown of his early NHL career, Mike Babcock has been employing video of Sidney Crosby and Henrik Zetterberg. The Maple Leafs head coach...

MIAMI - Free agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, who last played for the New York Mets, and Chicago White Sox star Jose Abreu are among the Major League Baseball figures on a U.S. witness list for an up...

HAVANA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Cuba on Tuesday evening, where the country’s president told him the island nation will not progress any faster than it already is. Cuban Preside...

TORONTO - The Canada-U.S. border is unlikely to see any thickening under president-elect Donald Trump despite the Republican’s protectionist campaign rhetoric, former American security czar Tom ...