Category Archives: Canadian Press

BALTIMORE - The Toronto Blue Jays have designated Josh Thole for assignment to make room for catcher Dioner Navarro. The Blue Jays acquired Navarro from the Chicago White Sox for left-handed pitching ...

BOSTON - The New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers praised their working relationship Monday as they wrapped up an annual meeting in Boston that they described as a continuation of talks...

MONTREAL - A Quebec mother says she was shocked that two Grade 3 teachers were wearing aboriginal headdresses and handing them out to students on the first day of classes Monday. Jennifer Dorner said ...

LOS ANGELES - Tributes from peers and admirers poured in Monday for Gene Wilder, who died Sunday at the age of 83 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. — “Gene Wilder, one of th...

CALGARY - Sheldon Kennedy says being sexually abused for years by his junior hockey coach Graham James turned him from a “goofy, slightly mixed-up kid” who dreamed of the future into littl...

EDMONTON - A potential candidate for the leadership of Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives says rules adopted by the party should end the bid by Calgary MP Jason Kenney to merge the provinceR...

ALBANY, N.Y. - John Lennon’s killer will remain behind bars after being denied parole for the ninth time. The New York state Board of Parole on Monday announced that it has again denied parole t...

SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan couple has two boys, four car seats and a nanny but they’re being asked by the Canada Revenue Agency to prove that their children exist - again. Devin Dubois and his w...

MONTREAL - Valeant Pharmaceuticals is being sued by New York health benefit funds providers that allege the embattled Canadian drug manufacturer overcharged for medications in contravention of rackete...

OTTAWA - A proportional voting system may have spared western Canada the imposition of the national energy program, Ed Broadbent suggested Monday. The former NDP leader said the infamous program, whic...