Category Archives: The Canadian Press

Canadian Drew Fischer named MLS's top referee for a second year in a row
NEW YORK - Canadian Drew Fischer has been named MLS Referee of the Year for the second year in a row. The 45-year-old from Calgary is the first referee to earn consecutive honours since Alan Kelly in ...
Oct 24, 2025

What did Reagan actually say about tariffs? Read the transcript of his 1987 address
The latest storm in Canada's tense trade negotiations with the United States erupted over an Ontario government advertising campaign that pushes back on tariffs by using snippets of former U.S. presid...
Oct 24, 2025

Men sentenced over London arson attack masterminded by Russia as part of a wider sabotage campaign
LONDON (AP) - A British judge on Friday sentenced five men for their roles in an arson attack in London that authorities say was masterminded by Russian intelligence as part of a wider campaign of sab...
Oct 24, 2025

McGregor's hat trick powers Canada past Italy and into Para Hockey Cup final
OSTRAVA - Canada advanced to the gold-medal game at the International Para Hockey Cup with a 9-1 rout of Italy on Friday. Captain Tyler McGregor of Forest, Ont., led the way with a hat trick and two a...
Oct 24, 2025

Canada Ravens look to bounce back from Fiji loss when they face Ireland on Sunday
TORONTO - The Canada Ravens have to put aside their disappointment at missing out on the 2026 Women's Rugby League World Cup when they return to action Sunday against Ireland in the third-place game a...
Oct 24, 2025

Grand Opening: Barger hits grand slam as Jays thump Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays waited 32 long years to get back to the World Series. They made sure their return to the Fall Classic was a memorable one. Addison Barger hit the first pinch-hit grand ...
Oct 24, 2025

Good Samaritan law provided immunity to man arrested at overdose scene: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the acquittal of a man who was arrested at the scene of a drug overdose, saying he had immunity under a law intended to reduce the number of substance...
Oct 24, 2025

Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov withdraw in Basel quarterfinals
BASEL - Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov both withdrew from their quarterfinal matches on Friday at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament. Montreal's Auger-Aliassime, a two-time winn...
Oct 24, 2025
14 migrants dead after dinghy sinks in the Aegean off Turkey's coast
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A rubber dinghy carrying 18 migrants sank in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's southwestern coast on Friday, leaving at least 14 dead, Turkish officials said. Two people survived, incl...
Oct 24, 2025

Toronto FC opts not to pick up the contract option on Sean Johnson and seven others
TORONTO - Toronto FC has declined the 2026 contract option on veteran goalkeeper Sean Johnson and seven others, clearing the deck for an off-season rebuild. The MLS club also declined the options on d...
Oct 24, 2025