Category Archives: Canadian Press

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia man pretended to be a prince in an elaborate catfishing scheme to get young boys to send them explicit photographs of themselves, according to federal authorities. The Ph...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Toronto Blue Jays have suspended Canadian outfielder Dalton Pompey for violating club policy. Pompey’s suspension was confirmed by a Blue Jays spokesperson Thursday, but no s...

CHATEAU-RICHER, Que. - The driver of a dump truck who was taking a curve on a steep road near Quebec City lost control of the vehicle Thursday and plowed into a duplex below. Provincial police said th...

OTTAWA - The federal carbon pricing system for heavy emitters, softened last week to ease the impact on Canadian industry, could be amended even further this fall as Ottawa looks to address competitiv...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The head coach of the University of Lethbridge women’s hockey team is to receive more training after the school investigated a formal harassment complaint filed by six of her...

WINNIPEG - Roland Mousseau erupted in anger Thursday as the second of two teenage girls who killed his stepdaughter in a beating that was shared online was given a youth sentence. Extra sheriff’...

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have placed assistant captain Troy Brouwer on unconditional waivers with the intention of buying out the remaining two years of his contract. The move was announced by the...

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Police say a man is facing an impaired driving charge after attempting to prove to his friends that he wasn’t drunk. Peel regional police allege the man was drinking at a bar...

LONDON - British police have finished their forensic examination of Grenfell Tower more than a year after a fast-moving fire at the London high-rise killed 72 people. Forensics officers spent months c...

NEW ORLEANS - Disgraced former NFL star Darren Sharper has renewed efforts to get a reduction in his 18-year federal sentence for drugging and raping women. Lawyers for Sharper, who lost an earlier ap...