Category Archives: Canadian Press

GATINEAU, Que. - The national broadcast regulator should ban TV providers from removing bundling discounts from customers who opt for mandated, cut-rate, basic TV service, consumer groups told hearing...

TORONTO - An unabashedly atheist minister who does not believe in the Bible should be defrocked for her beliefs, a United Church committee has recommended in a split decision that seems likely to stir...

WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged lower this week. As rates remain at historically low levels, homeowners taking advantage of the chance to refinance their mortgages have pushed up refi...

DETROIT - A pesky and growing recall of vehicles with door latches that can pop open while being driven will be so costly that Ford Motor Co. is reducing its estimate of pretax profits for the full ye...

RIO DE JANEIRO - The Paralympic Games already has its first political protest, right at the beginning with the opening ceremony. A Belarusian sports ministry employee who marched in with a Russian fla...

GIJANG, Korea, Republic Of - Claire Eccles of White Rock, B.C., came within two outs of a no-hitter as Canada defeated Venezuela 8-1 at the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup on Thursday before the Canad...

OTTAWA - Montreal-based global engineering giant SNC-Lavalin continues to dig out from a series of corporate governance scandals, this time involving improper donations to federal political parties ov...

TORONTO - More than 1,000 children in Toronto are either getting to school late or not going at all due to an “unanticipated” bus driver shortage. Two Toronto school boards said they are s...

WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, another sign the U.S. job market remains healthy despite a downshift in hiring last month. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department s...

NEW YORK - Having flopped with the New York Jets, Tim Tebow will try to revive his career as an outfielder with the Mets. Four years removed from his last regular-season snap as an NFL quarterback, th...