Category Archives: Canadian Press

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Aug. 31 ENVOY LISTS SNAGS TO CANADA-CHINA FREE TRADE: Formal free-trade talks between Canada and China have yet to proceed because of snags over labour, th...

TORONTO - It’s a record that could stick. A Toronto university says its students, faculty and staff have unofficially broken the Guinness World Record for the most people blowing a chewing gum b...

CHICAGO - Federal court records show that prosecutors are seeking a nine-month prison sentence for an Illinois man accused of hacking into email and electronic accounts of 30 celebrities and stealing ...

REGINA - More than 38,000 cubic metres of concrete has been poured and about 33,000 seats installed at the new stadium that will be the home of the Saskatchewan Roughriders football club. The $278-mil...

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - All those practice rounds with Brooke Henderson have rubbed off on Alena Sharp. At age 35, Sharp is in the midst of a breakout season on the LPGA Tour. She finished fourth at the Can...

ATLANTA - A grand jury on Wednesday charged a white former Atlanta police officer with felony murder and other crimes in the death of an unarmed black man who was driving a car. The Fulton County gran...

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - Nearly four years on from a spectacular humiliation, Canada’s men’s soccer team returns to Honduras with its World Cup qualifying hopes once again hanging in the...

TORONTO - Kyu Shim got married three years ago. On Wednesday, police reassured him he’s still married. Shim’s wedding ceremony was performed by Paul Cogan, a man Toronto police say married...

VANCOUVER - When Marion Buller looks back on the Saskatchewan First Nation territory where she spent her summers growing up, some of her childhood friends are no longer there. They are aboriginal wome...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s Wildrose Opposition leader apologized Wednesday for hinting at violence against Premier Rachel Notley. Brian Jean was responding to concerns from the crowd at a townhall mee...