Category Archives: Canadian Press

GATINEAU, Que. - The big four TV service providers are defending how they rolled out new, trimmed-down TV packages earlier this year, denying in hearings Wednesday that they were being “paternal...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The International Olympic Committee promised to co-operate Wednesday with Brazilian authorities in the ticket scalping investigation that has targeted one of its executive boar...

MOSCOW - Alex Ovechkin has been named Russia’s captain for the World Cup of Hockey. The Russian Ice Hockey Federation announced the decision Wednesday. It also says Evgeni Malkin and Pavel Datsy...

PARIS - A criminal terrorist investigation has been opened in Paris following the discovery of a car parked near Notre Dame Cathedral with seven gas canisters and pages written in Arabic inside, prose...

MADRID - Spain’s film academy has selected Pedro Almodovar’s film “Julieta” as its entry for best foreign language film at next year’s Oscars. It is the sixth time the di...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Former NHLer Terry Ryan laughed through tears Wednesday, recalling how playing ball hockey with fishermen now lost off Newfoundland made him feel like the superstar he might h...

BEIRUT - An airstrike near the site of a suspected gas attack in Syria killed at least 10 civilians Wednesday, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed t...

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- CANADIANS FINDINGS IT HARD TO SAVE: SURVEY A new poll suggests that about half of working Canadians would be hard-pressed to meet their financ...

LAS VEGAS - UFC star Miesha Tate says she’s inspired by the tough little girl who broke her arm while hiking near Las Vegas after the mixed martial arts fighter carried the child back down the m...

TORONTO - A new poll suggests that about half of working Canadians would be hard-pressed to meet their financial obligations if their paycheque was delayed for a week. The survey released Wednesday by...