Category Archives: The Canadian Press
McDavid, Poulin both donate jerseys as part of Great Canadian Jersey campaign
TORONTO - Hockey superstars Connor McDavid and Marie-Philip Poulin are both making sentimental contributions to The Great Canadian Jersey campaign. McDavid, the Edmonton Oilers captain, and Poulin, wh...
Jan 05, 2026
'We're hanging in there': Vancouver Canucks struggling halfway through NHL season
VANCOUVER - This is not the season the Vancouver Canucks expected. Heading into the 2025-26 campaign, belief was high that the team could move past last season's injuries and personnel issues to chall...
Jan 05, 2026
Mikael Kingsbury set for World Cup return but with caution after groin injury
Canadian freestyle ski star Mikael Kingsbury returns to action Friday at the World Cup moguls event in Val St-Cme, Que. The 33-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., withdrew from last month's World Cup ...
Jan 05, 2026
IIHF president Luc Tardif on Olympic arena delays: 'We're going to have a tournament'
SAINT PAUL - Luc Tardif had some restless nights. Significant construction delays at the main arena for the Milan Cortina Olympics have occupied a lot of his headspace, with the clock ticking down to ...
Jan 05, 2026
Maduro ouster shows Trump is bent on dominating Western Hemisphere, observers say
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's shocking capture of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro shows his administration is serious about dominating the Western Hemisphere, observers say. In its new...
Jan 05, 2026
'Frostbite capital': Efforts to reduce frostbite amputations underway in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Trevor Logan winces in pain as a nurse cleans the blistered middle finger on his right hand, swollen to twice its size due to frostbite. Inside a clinic of a downtown Edmonton homeless shel...
Jan 05, 2026
Japanese slugger Kazuma Okamoto adds power — and raises expectations in Toronto
TORONTO - No stranger to big baseball moments, Kazuma Okamoto seems more than comfortable in the spotlight. The Toronto Blue Jays are hoping his success in Japan will translate to the Major League Bas...
Jan 05, 2026
Venezuelan government seeks to show it is operating free from US control
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The Venezuelan government on Monday sought to show its people and the world that the country is being run independently and not controlled by the United States following its ...
Jan 05, 2026
Experts say Canada should co-ordinate Western Hemisphere response to Maduro's ouster
OTTAWA - Foreign policy experts say Ottawa should reach out to nations threatened by the United States to co-ordinate a response to the Trump administration's ouster of Venezuela's autocratic ruler. "...
Jan 05, 2026
US drops the number of vaccines it recommends for every child
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child -- leaving other immunizations, such as flu shots, open to families to ch...
Jan 05, 2026