Category Archives: Canadian Press

NEW YORK - Dodgeball is not just a Ben Stiller movie or anxiety-inducing gym class activity. It’s a professional sport. That’s no Vince Vaughn joke. The World Dodgeball Association , found...

KABUL - Two suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 29 people and wounding another 81, officials said. Abdullah Asrat, spokesman for the...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps will be the underdogs when they face off against New York City FC this weekend, but coach Carl Robinson believes his squad can take a bite out of the big apple. Pla...

Bob Nicholson hopes a rare best-on-best men’s tournament, and Gretzky brand, will pull people into Edmonton’s Rogers Place to watch hockey in the middle of summer. The Hlinka Gretzky Cup, ...

TORONTO - Aimia Inc. says it remains open to negotiating a fair deal for the purchase of its Aeroplan loyalty program by Air Canada and its partners despite striking a deal with Toronto-based Porter A...

HALIFAX - A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth for alleged sexual abuse involving clergy that dates back decades. The proposed suit...

Six stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 3 --- TRUDEAU LIBERALS SCALE BACK CARBON TAX The federal government is scaling back its carbon pricing plan for heavy industrial emitters in a bid to cut green...

HALIFAX - About 5,000 litres of oil that spilled into Halifax harbour from a Nova Scotia Power generating station has now been contained. The utility confirmed the amount spilled late Friday, saying i...

UNION BAY, B.C. - Anna Stady has never met a bear she didn’t like, but that doesn’t mean she wants one in her kitchen. The 95-year-old Vancouver Island woman says she shooed a black bear o...

Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources says firefighters “continue to make excellent progress” in tackling a massive forest fire known as Parry Sound 33 in the province’s nort...