Category Archives: Canadian Press

WINNIPEG - Mathieu Perreault may be the lucky charm for the Winnipeg Jets in Sunday’s Heritage Classic. The veteran forward will play in his third outdoor NHL game, with two victories notched on...

FORESTBURGH, N.Y. - Comic Kevin Meaney, who worked the standup circuit, was a late-night TV staple and starred in the short-lived 1990s series “Uncle Buck,” has died. He was 60. Agent Tom ...

Protesters broke into the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric site in Labrador and formed a blockade around it, Nalcor Energy confirmed Saturday. Nalcor spokeswoman Karen O’Neill said protesters and veh...

TORONTO - Canadian guard Brady Heslip was one of five players put on waivers by the Toronto Raptors on Saturday. Fellow guard Drew Crawford, forwards E.J. Singler and Jarrod Uthoff, and centre Yanick ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - There has been little impact to the water supply so far from a ruptured pipeline during a freak storm in Pennsylvania that sent nearly 55,000 gallons of gasoline into a creek tribu...

BOGOTA - Colombia’s flagship airline briefly grounded all flights to Caracas after a Venezuela air force plane flew close to a passenger jet, but the company said Saturday it was resuming servic...

NEW YORK - Multitudes of feral cats roam New York City’s concrete jungle, and some now have a practical purpose: They’re helping curb the city’s rat population. A group of volunteers...

CINCINNATI - Under tight courthouse security and close monitoring by local officials concerned about keeping the peace, jury selection begins Tuesday for the murder trial of a white university police ...

JONESBORO, Ga. - Police are investigating a deadly home invasion involving children in Georgia. Officers found an 11-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy shot to death inside a house in Jonesboro on Satu...

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Canadians should get used to so-called "job churn" - short-term employment and a number of career changes in a person's life. Morneau made the ...