Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have released defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy, the team announced Monday. The 25-year-old Purifoy had 29 tackles and an interception in seven games with the club this sea...

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court justice has granted health authorities the right to force-feed a young woman suffering from anorexia. Without medical treatment, the 20-year-old woman is in danger o...

HALIFAX - An environmental activist says an oil spill in Halifax harbour might be a good opportunity for Nova Scotia Power to reconsider its use of crude oil. The utility said Monday it could be weeks...

LOS ANGELES - Actual 8th graders will be able to see the R-rated coming-of-age movie “Eighth Grade” in select movie theatres across the nation Wednesday. The film’s distributor A24 s...

LOMBOK, Indonesia - What was supposed to be a bucket-list family trip after her daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer, turned into a harrowing tale of survival mode as a powerful earthquake hit Ind...

NEW YORK - Demi Lovato has checked out of the hospital she was rushed to two weeks ago for a reported overdose. A person close to Lovato said she was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los A...

COLON, Mich. - Look out Lyft, move over Uber: A southern Michigan man has launched a horse-and-buggy ride-hailing service. WWMT-TV reports Timothy Hochstedler dubs his service “Amish Uber,”...

MONTREAL - In almost 25 years as a location manager, Pierre Blondin has helped to transform Montreal and its suburbs into New York, part of Europe, New Jersey and New England cottage country. Foreign ...

TORONTO - Daniel Nestor remembers looking at the men’s singles draw before his first Rogers Cup in 1989 and thinking how exciting it would be to play John McEnroe in the second round. Problem is...

Canadian Rory (Red King) MacDonald will open defence of his 170-pound Bellator title against veteran Jon Fitch in the first round of the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix. The knockout mixed mart...