Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Major League Soccer's 2026 schedule to include seven-week break for FIFA World Cup
Major League Soccer has unveiled its 2026 schedule, complete with a seven-week break for the FIFA World Cup. The regular season starts on Feb. 21 with all 30 teams in action and will wrap on Nov. 7, f...
Nov 20, 2025
Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation's capital. U.S. District Judge Jia Co...
Nov 20, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada to look at request for religious records through B.C. law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about applications for access to personal information held by Jehovah's Witnesses congregations. The congregations withheld information f...
Nov 20, 2025
Hosting FIFA World Cup makes for complicated 2026 MLS schedule for Toronto FC
TORONTO - Toronto FC will open the 2026 MLS season at FC Dallas on Feb. 21 with road games against Vancouver and FC Cincinnati to follow before playing nine straight games at BMO Field, starting with ...
Nov 20, 2025
Justice Department is examining handling of mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is examining the handling of the mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff, including the potential involvement of people who claimed to be acting at ...
Nov 20, 2025
Montreal Alouettes sign kicker Jose Maltos Diaz to contract extension
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed kicker Jose Maltos Diaz to a contract extension Thursday. The deal keeps the five-foot-10, 221-pound Maltos Diaz with the CFL club through 2027. Maltos Diaz co...
Nov 20, 2025
Fact File: Video spreads fake story about John Deere exiting Canada
Rumours that farming equipment giant John Deere is leaving Canada spread this week on social media alongside a video claiming the company would be moving its factories to the United States. In fact, J...
Nov 20, 2025
Canadian rugby sevens men resume journey to reclaim HSBC SVNS status
The Canadian men's rugby sevens team restarts its climb back to the top-tier HSBC SVNS circuit on Friday at the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens competition in Trinidad and Tobago. For interim coach ...
Nov 20, 2025
Speaker's vote gets northern power line through B.C. legislature by slimmest margin
VICTORIA - Legislation to fast-track construction of a northern power line has squeaked through the British Columbia legislature thanks to a deciding vote by the Speaker for the bill that Premier Davi...
Nov 20, 2025
Trump administration threatens to withhold $75M from Pennsylvania over immigrant truck drivers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration threatened Thursday to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke what the administration claims are illegally issued...
Nov 20, 2025