Category Archives: Canadian Press

Seven stories in the news for Friday, June 8 --- DOUG FORD RIDES POPULISM TO POWER IN ONTARIO VOTE Doug Ford is Ontario’s premier-elect after a populist wave carried him and the Progressive...

BEIRUT - Warplanes attacked a rebel-held northwestern village in Syria, killing at least 35 people and wounding dozens more, including children, in one of the deadliest incidents in that part of the c...

THESSALONIKI, Greece - A smuggling vehicle crammed with asylum-seekers crashed on a northern Greek highway Friday killing six people, including three children, and severely injuring a further four adu...

Thursday’s Games Stanley Cup Final Washington 4 Vegas 3 (Washington wins series 4-1) — Calder Cup Final Texas 3 Toronto 2 (Series tied 2-2) — MLB American League Toron...

CALGARY - American Kent Farrington earned his way back to the world No. 1 ranking on Thursday with an impressive showing at Spruce Meadows. Since Farrington broke his leg earlier this year, he ha...

GUANGZHOU, China - The U.S. Embassy in China sent its second alert in two weeks Friday to its citizens over unexplained health issues that have prompted the evacuation of a number of U.S. government e...

TORONTO - A speck of green appeared on a map otherwise dominated by orange and blue Thursday night as Mike Schreiner made history by winning his Green party’s first-ever seat in the Ontario...

LAS VEGAS - With the Stanley Cup to his right and the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP on his left, Alex Ovechkin said it felt like he was dreaming. But he wasn’t - the Washington Ca...

WASHINGTON - A former employee of the Senate intelligence committee has been arrested on charges of lying to the FBI about contacts he had with multiple reporters, federal prosecutors said Thursday. J...

CEDAR PARK, Texas - Frustration was the main emotion in the Toronto Marlies’ locker room on Thursday. Outshooting the Texas Stars 31-18 and at times completely outplaying them in Game 4 of the C...