Category Archives: Canadian Press

WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele had a feeling something might be up with teammate Jacob Trouba, but he was surprised to learn the young Winnipeg Jets defenceman has asked to be traded. “Obviously, tal...

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - A skier has died after a small avalanche pushed him over a cliff near Lake Louise, Alta. Tim Haggarty with Parks Canada says the man in his 20s from Golden, B.C., died Sunday on M...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Sept. 26 ____ CANADIAN-IRANIAN PROFESSOR FREED FROM PRISON IN IRAN: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a retired Canadian-Iranian professor has been released ...

MONTREAL - Homa Hoodfar, a Montreal-based retired university professor, has been released from a prison in Tehran after being imprisoned in the country since June. Her family and friends confirmed Mon...

OTTAWA - Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Brad Trost wants a key aide to former prime minister Stephen Harper to repay some of the moving expenses he was reimbursed for eight years ago. “...

TORONTO - Brad Marchand wasn’t among the first 16 players named to Canada’s World Cup of Hockey roster because the team’s brass wanted to avoid a controversy. Even though everyone in...

TORONTO - Shomi announced Monday it was shutting down at the end of November, two years after the video-on-demand service launched amid hopes of thriving in a hyper-competitive market. “The busi...

OTTAWA - Canada’s finance minister is hinting the federal government could take steps as early as this autumn’s economic update to help the economy at a time of slower-than-expected growth...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland radio station says it has parted ways with an announcer who told a young woman on Twitter that she should strip. The woman had invited her followers to watch a ...

OTTAWA - A New Democrat MP has followed through on a promise to table a private member’s bill to repeal controversial anti-terrorism measures. NDP public safety critic Randall Garrison says the ...