Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Eight years after a populist wave handed Rob Ford the reins of Canada’s largest city, his brother is testing the same brand of everyman appeal on the provincial stage. With calls to tr...

TORONTO - For the first time in a provincial election in Ontario, voters will use electronic voting machines when they head to the polls on June 7. The voters’ paper lists will also be a thing o...

LOS ANGELES - Police are investigating the disappearance of an expensive “Iron Man” suit from a Los Angeles movie prop storage facility. Los Angeles police Officer Christopher No said Wedn...

NEW YORK - NBC’s internal investigation following Matt Lauer’s firing says it doesn’t believe there is a culture of sexual harassment at the news division and that current news execu...

HERNING, Denmark - Canada is adding defenceman Marc-Edouard Vlasic to its world hockey championship roster. The veteran blue liner became available when the San Jose Sharks were eliminated by Vegas in...

Anticipation, excitement and a fair amount of nerves are to be expected ahead of a Game 7. That’s the easy part. Or at least the predictable part. But for Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice, ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a thinly veiled rebuke to the Trump administration and Israel over their opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, setting the stage for a divisive G7 summi...

PARIS - After nearly two decades of problems, Monty Python star Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited film “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next week...

TORONTO - On a day Dwane Casey was honoured by his peers as this season’s finest coach in the NBA, his job security in Toronto remained a mystery. Hours after Casey won the Michael H. Goldberg c...

OTTAWA - A commemorative coin for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding is adorned with crystals and Canadian maple leaves. The Royal Canadian Mint has revealed a 99.99 per cent pure silver k...