Category Archives: Canadian Press
Canada improves to 3-0 with win over China at world volleyball championship
Canada is off to an excellent start at the world volleyball championship. The Canadians improved to 3-0 with a 3-1 (25-22, 25-19, 21-25, 25-23) win over China on Saturday in Ruse, Bulgaria. “Tha...
Sep 15, 2018

Canadian rowers Hillary Janssens and Caileigh Filmer win world championship
PLOVDIV, Bulgaria - Canada’s Hillary Janssens and Caileigh Filmer have captured gold at the world rowing championships. Janssens, of Cloverdale, B.C., and Filmer, from Victoria, won the women...
Sep 15, 2018
Canadian rinks off to World Cup of Curling finals
SUZHOU, China - All three Canadian entries will play for championships at the inaugural World Cup of Curling. Rachel Homan’s Ottawa rink, Kevin Koe’s Calgary foursome and the Edmonton-base...
Sep 15, 2018

'We have to move forward:' Humboldt station hires new play-by-play voice
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - A plan to bring hockey broadcasters in from across the country to call Humboldt Broncos games this season will not go ahead. Instead, local radio station CHBO Bolt FM has hired an up...
Sep 15, 2018

Canada's capital region bears witness to surprising inrush of... black bears
OTTAWA - High population density is a feature of most Group of Seven capitals - but Ottawa stands out among its international peers these days with an unusual demographic situation: a sudden influx of...
Sep 15, 2018

A 'loss of trust' after changes to Newfoundland's Gros Morne park
GROS MORNE, N.L. - Nicknamed the “Jewel of Newfoundland,” Gros Morne National Park is known for its breathtaking views, particularly from Western Brook Pond, where a three-kilometre trail ...
Sep 15, 2018

All but one of 10 workers injured in crash between bus and truck out of hospital
One person remains in hospital following a collision at a rural Saskatchewan intersection that left a bus carrying pipeline workers on its side in the ditch. Ten workers were injured when the school-t...
Sep 15, 2018

Canada says B.C. Indigenous basket making an event of historic significance
VICTORIA - Matilda Borden liked to pour a cup of tea to display her basket making expertise, proving her cups made from material gathered in British Columbia’s forests were watertight, says her ...
Sep 15, 2018

Bloc Pot Leader Hugo St-Onge outlines party's proposals for Oct. 1 election
MONTREAL - The head of the Bloc Pot, which is fielding several dozen candidates in the Quebec election, is slamming Ottawa’s plan to legalize the use of cannabis in a month’s time. Hugo St...
Sep 15, 2018
Typhoon aims at south China after killing 28 in Philippines
TUGUEGARAO, Philippines - Typhoon Mangkhut roared toward densely populated Hong Kong and southern China on Sunday after ravaging across the northern Philippines with ferocious winds and heavy rain tha...
Sep 15, 2018