Category Archives: The Canadian Press

MLS champion Inter Miami signs Canadian 'keeper Dayne St. Clair
MIAMI - Major League Soccer champion Inter Miami CF has officially signed Canadian goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair through next season. The deal, announced Sunday, includes an option for the 2027 sprint se...
Jan 04, 2026

Rubio says US will press change in Venezuela with oil embargo, while Trump insists 'we're in charge'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing "oil quarantine" on the country, even as...
Jan 04, 2026

Flames' Beecher, Jets' Stanley suspended one game each for roughing
TORONTO - The NHL's department of player safety suspended Calgary Flames forward John Beecher and Winnipeg Jets defenceman Logan Stanley one game each for separate roughing incidents Sunday. Beecher c...
Jan 04, 2026
Boat capsizes in Nigeria's Yobe state, leaving 25 dead and 14 missing
YOBE, Nigeria (AP) - A passenger boat capsized in northern Nigeria's Yobe state, leaving at least 25 people dead while 14 others remained missing, emergency services said Sunday. The boat was carrying...
Jan 04, 2026

Tangled cars and billowing smoke: Remembering Hinton rail disaster 40 years later
HINTON - Colin Hanington followed a plume of smoke to reach one of the deadliest railway crashes in Canadian history, and almost 40 years later remembers the silence when he got there. Hanington was a...
Jan 04, 2026
Gunmen kill at least 30 villagers and abduct others during raid in northern Nigeria
MINNA, Nigeria (AP) - At least 30 villagers have been killed and several others are missing after gunmen raided a village in northern Nigeria's Niger state, police said Sunday, the latest in a cycle o...
Jan 04, 2026

'Can't describe a better script': Bruins centre Minten thrills in hometown debut
VANCOUVER - With dozens of family and friends in the stands, Fraser Minten played hero against his hometown team Saturday night. The 21-year-old centre muscled in a shot from the top of the crease wit...
Jan 04, 2026

Flames frustrated with effort, errors in 4-3 loss to Predators
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames entered Saturday's NHL game against the Nashville Predators on a hot roll and they started the game that way, too. But when momentum slipped away, they couldn't get it bac...
Jan 04, 2026

Chabot refuses to let facial injury spoil superb effort against Jets
OTTAWA - Thomas Chabot will likely be shopping for soft foods in the days ahead. The Ottawa Senators' defenceman took a puck to the face and is dealing with a mouthful of stitches, the latest painful ...
Jan 04, 2026

Young Atlanta Hawks bring out the best in Toronto native Nickeil Alexander-Walker
TORONTO - Nickeil Alexander-Walker is putting together the best season of his seven-year NBA career piece-by-piece. Alexander-Walker is averaging career highs in every significant stat category this s...
Jan 04, 2026