Category Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed Canadian defensive lineman Luiji Vilain to a three-year contract Monday. Ottawa acquired Vilain's rights last week from the Toronto Argonauts. Vilain, a 28-year-ol...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Do...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens are keeping pace in their first-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning without any even-strength production from the team's top two forward lines. The t...

TORONTO - It will be a one-and-done festival, but one the City of Toronto has great expectations for. Toronto's FIFA fan festival plans were unveiled Monday, with Mayor Olivia Chow, Ontario sports min...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - One train slammed into another at a station outside Indonesia's capital on Monday, killing at least four people, injuring dozens and leaving several trapped in a badly damage...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Avi Lewis said Monday he won't run in an upcoming Quebec byelection to fill a seat being left vacant by Alexandre Boulerice. Boulerice officially announced Monday he is leaving Par...

TORONTO - Canada's highly ranked women's rugby team hopes it can build on the growing popularity of women's sports when it kicks off a domestic tour in Toronto later this year. The squad will make its...

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs are calling on the auditor general to probe the federal government's handling of a $250 million program which reportedly is set to be scrapped next month. PrescribeIT was lau...

MONTREAL - After 15 years in Ottawa with the NDP, Montreal MP Alexandre Boulerice says he is quitting federal politics to join Qubec solidaire - a leftist, sovereigntist party - ahead of October's pro...

OTTAWA - Jewish advocacy group B'nai Brith says anti-Jewish hatred is being normalized in Canada and its annual count of antisemitic incidents hit another record high in 2025. "We cannot allow antisem...