Category Archives: Canadian Press

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...