Category Archives: Canadian Press

PITTSBURGH - Seven people, most of them children, were injured when a startled camel started bucking during a Pittsburgh circus. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that two children and an adult were...

GUATEMALA CITY - In a blunt rebuke to President Jimmy Morales, Guatemala’s constitutional Court ordered that the head of a U.N.-backed anti-corruption commission be let back in the country two w...

REGINA - An Amber Alert was issued Sunday night for a six-year-old Saskatchewan girl who RCMP say was in the back of her family’s SUV when it was stolen outside a strip mall in North Battleford....

CALGARY - Clay Riddell, billionaire businessman and co-owner of the Calgary Flames, has died. He was 81. The Flames confirmed his death in a statement on Sunday. “We mourn the passing of a great...

HALIFAX - Ten years ago, the thought of going for a swim in Halifax harbour would have made some Nova Scotians cringe - but after a successful public swimming event was held Sunday afternoon, an ocean...

TORONTO - As Ontario’s legislature prepared to hold a rare midnight sitting to debate a bill that would cut the size of Toronto city council, members of Canada’s legal community called on ...

WHISTLER, B.C. - The NHL season has yet to begin, but Jay Beagle is already making an impression on his Vancouver Canucks teammates. The 32-year-old centre’s speed, fitness and leadership all tu...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms with restricted free agent Josh Morrissey on a two-year, US$6.3-million contract, the team announced Sunday. The new deal for the 23-year-old defencem...

MONTREAL - A string of serious accidents involving pedestrians in Montreal has public officials and residents rethinking how to keep citizens safe in Canada’s biggest cities. At least two people...

LONDON - Police closed roads and called a hazardous response team Sunday night after two people became ill at a restaurant in the English city where a Russian ex-spy and his daughter were poisoned wit...