Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Montreal transit strike averted after tentative deal reached with drivers' union
MONTREAL - Bus and metro service is set to continue in Montreal this weekend after the city's public transit network reached a last-minute, tentative deal with its drivers' union, averting planned str...
Nov 14, 2025
B.C. lawyers receiving extortion threats, legal regulator warns
VANCOUVER - The Law Society of British Columbia says it has become aware of lawyers receiving extortion threats for "substantial sums of money." The legal profession regulator sent out a notice to its...
Nov 14, 2025
Auger-Aliassime advances to final four at ATP Finals with upset of Zverev
TURIN - Canadian tennis star Flix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the semifinals of the ATP Finals for the first time in his career with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) win over Germany's Alexander Zverev on Friday. The 2...
Nov 14, 2025
CFL commissioner Johnston says if league expands, he wants it to be in Canada
WINNIPEG - It's not a priority currently, but CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston said if the league does add a 10th team, he wants it to be in Canada. Johnston said Friday during his first state of the...
Nov 14, 2025
CF Montréal ready for cold-weather dates in revamped MLS schedule
MONTRAL - The future MLS schedule will certainly bring challenges for CF Montral, but Gabriel Gervais says his organization is ready to face them. The president and CEO of CF Montral met with journali...
Nov 14, 2025
Als kicker Maltos Diaz puts mother’s name on his back — and carries it into Grey Cup
WINNIPEG - Jose Maltos Diaz combined football and family in a special way this season. When he learned in July that his mother, Maria, was having surgery in Mexico, the Montreal Alouettes kicker looke...
Nov 14, 2025
'Backdoor dealing': B.C. farmer decries omission of private owners from Cowichan case
RICHMOND - The co-owner of an eight-hectare farm on the Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title lands said he and fellow private landowners were unfairly left out of the court case that confirmed the title c...
Nov 14, 2025
Ottawa to return $623 million to small businesses in rebate payments
OTTAWA - More than 600,000 small businesses will share $623 million in carbon price rebate payments before the end of the year, the final payment they will receive following the end of the consumer ca...
Nov 14, 2025
Governor General Simon released from hospital, recovering from illness
OTTAWA - Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was released from hospital Friday and is now recovering at home. The 78-year-old representative of King Charles missed the annual Remembrance Day service...
Nov 14, 2025
Grey Cup linebackers chasing the perfect hit — the one that takes your breath away
WINNIPEG - Darnell Sankey's perfect football hit is breathtaking. Literally. "It's when you hit somebody and feel and hear the breath escaping from their lungs," said the Montreal Alouettes veteran mi...
Nov 14, 2025