Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Facing the last-place Chicago Fire is a match the Montreal Impact not only want to win, it’s one they may have to win. The Impact are clinging to the sixth and final playoff spot in t...

TORONTO - The case of a young woman who was charged after climbing a construction crane near Toronto’s waterfront has been put over to next week. Police allege that Lindsey Flockhart, 34, damage...

MONTREAL - A downtown Montreal statue of Sir John A. Macdonald was spray-painted red early Friday, with an anti-colonial group claiming responsibility for the vandalism. It said it wanted to show its ...

OTTAWA - The loss of Saudi Arabian resident physicians in Canada’s hospitals will likely cause delays, but ultimately won’t impact the quality of care, says a health care group that repres...

OTTAWA - Canadians are generally supportive of current immigration levels, a survey of public perceptions commissioned by the federal government suggests - but they are also worried and confused when ...

TORONTO - On a night he had every reason to live, Orlando Bowen believed he was going to die. In March 2004, Bowen was planning to celebrate signing a contract extension with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. ...

FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - The Transportation Safety Board says three people have died in a light plane crash at a remote Northwest Territories lake known for its spectacular scenery. TSB spokesman Chris ...

MOSCOW - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques was happy to be back on terra firma Friday as he emerged from a Soyuz capsule, took off his helmet and gas mask and wiped his face. Actually, Saint-Jacq...

MESA, Ariz. - A baby boom is brewing at a suburban Arizona hospital where 16 intensive care nurses recently discovered they are all pregnant. The nurses at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa outside...

HALIFAX - Ottawa is spending $42 million on 27 small craft harbours across Nova Scotia, aimed in part at helping them recover and prepare for the threat of climate change. Scott Brison, president of t...