Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Canadian short track speedskaters Sarault, Dandjinou claim gold in the Netherlands
DORDRECHT - Canadian speedskaters Courtney Sarault and William Dandjinou claimed gold medals Saturday at a Short Track World Tour stop in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. Moncton's Sarault made a long outs...
Nov 29, 2025

Investigators deployed to scene following a train derailment near Cranbrook, B.C.
CRANBROOK - An investigation is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train derailed about 16 kilometres east of Cranbrook, B.C. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says...
Nov 29, 2025

Homan beats Black to sweep women's curling final, secures Olympic spot
HALIFAX - After a close call in the opener of the best-of-three final a day earlier, coach Heather Nedohin could sense that Rachel Homan was ready to clinch an Olympic berth Saturday. "It was in her e...
Nov 29, 2025

Canadian watched childhood home burn as Hong Kong blaze killed more than 100 people
Toronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international news after a raging inferno tore through seven highrise towers in Hong Kong, leaving more than 100 dead...
Nov 29, 2025

Emergency alert notifications ring out in arena before Homan throw in curling final
HALIFAX - Rachel Homan played through an unexpected distraction in the women's final at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials on Saturday afternoon. Emergency alert notifications rang on spectators' m...
Nov 29, 2025

No backup plan for Olympic ice hockey arena, construction goes down to the wire
MILAN (AP) - There is no backup stadium if the main ice hockey arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Games is not ready on time. Construction on the arena that is set to welcome NHL players back to the O...
Nov 29, 2025

Unions, community groups rally in Montreal against Quebec government policies
MONTREAL - Quebec's major labour unions marched in downtown Montreal Saturday, their members expressing anger over the Quebec government's legislative agenda which includes a number of measures aimed ...
Nov 29, 2025

Tom Stoppard, sparkling playwright who won an Oscar for 'Shakespeare In Love,' dies at 88
LONDON (AP) - British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998's "Shakespeare In Love," has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, ...
Nov 29, 2025

Piastri wins sprint race at Qatar GP to close gap on F1 leader Norris
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) - Oscar Piastri won the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race from pole position Saturday to move 22 points behind McLaren teammate Lando Norris heading into Sunday's main Formula One race. ...
Nov 29, 2025

Love wins monobob World Cup gold for U.S., Canada's Lotholz fifth
IGLS, Austria (AP) - Reigning world champion Kaysha Love of the U.S. claimed the fourth women's monobob World Cup win of her bobsled career Saturday, rallying in the second run of the two-heat race fo...
Nov 29, 2025