Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - On Tuesday night, a previously-taped David Blaine ABC special showed Toronto-born rapper Drake and Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry reacting in horrified awe to a magic trick. O...

OTTAWA - A two-year-long, Canada-wide search has resulted in the gray jay - also known as the whiskey jack - being chosen as Canada’s national bird by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. The ...

OTTAWA - The top 10 vote-getters in the Royal Canadian Geographic Society’s online survey seeking nominations for Canada’s national bird. Common loon - 13,995 votes Snowy owl - 8,948 Gray ...

Vancouver has voted to implement a one per cent tax on empty homes in a bid to alleviate the city’s crunched rental housing market. The tax, which is the first of its kind in Canada, will apply ...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan city that had to shut down its water supply intakes for almost two months after crude oil leaked into a river was awarded second place in a water taste test. Prin...

VICTORIA - The deaths of three girls and the anguish of a mother who needed help for her schizophrenic daughter are described by British Columbia’s new children’s watchdog as life changing...

CALGARY - Canada’s bobsleigh team has gone from thin to fat in the space of a year. There wasn’t enough brakemen meeting domestic standards a year ago to start the World Cup season with mo...

OTTAWA - Veteran quarterback Henry Burris knows many people aren’t favouring the Ottawa Redblacks to win the Eastern Final this weekend and that’s fine with him. The Redblacks host the Edm...

NEW YORK - Max Scherzer celebrated aboard a boat off the British Virgin Islands, doused by college pals on a floating party. Rick Porcello enjoyed the moment at his parents’ home in New Jersey, ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Dwayne Andreas, the farmer’s son and college dropout who turned the grain-processing company Archer Daniels Midland into “the supermarket to the world,” then saw it...