Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Forge, Ottawa players dominate Canadian Premier League Best XI team
Forge FC and Atletico Ottawa dominate the 2025 Canadian Premier League Best XI team with five representatives from Forge, which topped the league's regular-season standings, and Ottawa, the playoff ch...
Dec 11, 2025
Latest phase of World Cup tickets go on sale with fans now able to apply for specific matches
Soccer fans were able to apply for tickets to watch specific matches at next year's World Cup for the first time on Thursday as FIFA opened up its latest phase of sales. Following last week's draw for...
Dec 11, 2025
Lightning D Hedman to have elbow surgery. He's expected to be ready for the Olympics
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Victor Hedman is set to undergo elbow surgery on Monday, sidelining the Tampa Bay Lightning's captain until February but paving the way for the hulking defenseman to play for Swede...
Dec 11, 2025
Saskatchewan Premier Moe shuffles cabinet, brings in new faces, drops three ministers
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe shook up his cabinet Thursday, introducing new faces, dropping veterans and mixing and matching job titles. "The decisions today are about building capacity acr...
Dec 11, 2025
Tennessee executes Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection for killing college student in 1988
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee executed Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection Thursday in Nashville for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley, a 20-year-old student at Chattanooga State Unive...
Dec 11, 2025
AFC Toronto's Jade Kovacevic, the NSL's first signing, announces her retirement
TORONTO - AFC Toronto forward Jade Kovacevic, the first player signing announced by the Northern Super League, is calling time on her professional career. The 31-year-old from Acton, Ont., played prof...
Dec 11, 2025
Former Canadiens coach Therrien to serve as Canada coach at Spengler Cup
CALGARY - Former Montreal Canadiens head coach Michel Therrien will serve as head coach of the Canadian team at the upcoming Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. Therrien will be joined at the Dec. 26-...
Dec 11, 2025
Accused of bullying staff, CEO of Canadian Museum of Immigration steps down
HALIFAX - The CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax has stepped down after a federal investigation led to allegations Marie Chapman had bullied staff and created an environment of fear ...
Dec 11, 2025
Ottawa's Indigenous advisers weren't told of pipeline deal with Alberta: chief
OTTAWA - A member of the Indigenous advisory council of the major projects office said he and his colleagues were not told in advance of the agreement the federal government signed with Alberta openin...
Dec 11, 2025
Woman, 84, dead after leaving her home overnight south of Montreal
LONGUEUIL - For the second time in less than a week, a woman in her 80s has died after being found alone outside at night in the Greater Montreal area. An 84-year-old woman was found on a suburban str...
Dec 11, 2025