Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Cody Bellinger stays with the Yankees, agrees to $162.5 million, 5-year contract, AP source says
Cody Bellinger became the last of the top free-agent hitters to reach a deal, agreeing Wednesday to stay with the New York Yankees for a $162.5 million, five-year contract, a person familiar with the ...
Jan 21, 2026
'Get in the net': NHL goaltenders on how they wound up between the pipes
Connor Hellebuyck had plenty of welts and bruises. The future two-time Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL's top goaltender was a kid playing roller hockey - yet to graduate to the ice - taking shot after...
Jan 21, 2026
CF Montréal's Marshall-Rutty pushes back against racially abusive social media posts
MONTREAL - Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty is pushing back against racially abusive social media posts targeting the CF Montral defender. Marshall-Rutty posted several abusive posts to his Instagram account o...
Jan 21, 2026
Doug Ford calls for boycott of Chinese EVs that will enter Canada under Carney deal
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on Canadians to boycott Chinese-made electric vehicles when they are allowed back into the country under a deal recently struck by Prime Minister Mark Ca...
Jan 21, 2026
Canadian man posed as a pilot and flight attendant to get hundreds of free flights, authorities say
HONOLULU (AP) - A Canadian man posed as a commercial pilot and as a working flight attendant to obtain hundreds of free flights from U.S. airlines, authorities said. Dallas Pokornik, 33, of Toronto, w...
Jan 21, 2026
Legault believes his Coalition Avenir Québec party will stay relevant after he leaves
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he's confident the party he co-founded as a third option to federalism and sovereignty will remain a political force in the province after he is replaced...
Jan 21, 2026
Tobacco company taking Ottawa to court over fee that got unanimous House support
OTTAWA - A major tobacco company is taking the federal government to court over a new fee that would see the industry pay for Ottawa's tobacco control strategy. The tobacco cost recovery fee is set to...
Jan 21, 2026
Candace Derksen's mom shocked as man acquitted in daughter's 1984 killing arrested
VANCOUVER - Wilma Derksen, whose 13-year-old daughter Candace was killed in Winnipeg in 1984, still has questions about what happened to her "exquisite" child after the man accused of murdering her wa...
Jan 21, 2026
Fact File: Carney's NATO comments misconstrued online as declaration of war
Multiple social media posts in the past week claimed that Prime Minister Mark Carney had said Canada would "go to war" with the United States if it attempted a forceful takeover of Greenland. Some of ...
Jan 21, 2026
Carney's speech to World Economic Forum draws praise, calls for action
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's call at the World Economic Forum for middle powers to band together against economic coercion by "great powers" is winning some cross-partisan support at home, an...
Jan 21, 2026