Author Archives: The Canadian Press

Vancouver commuters will soon hear the voice of a familiar funnyman on public transit telling them to keep their bags and dirty shoes off the seats. Actor and comedian Seth Rogen volunteered to be the...

TORONTO - The case of rock star Jacob Hoggard, who faces three sex-related charges, has been put over to next month after a brief court hearing in Toronto. Hoggard, the frontman of the band Hedley, wa...

By Bob Weber The largest and most precise study yet done on acid emissions from Alberta's oilsands suggests they could eventually damage an area almost the size of Germany. The study finds that in 201...

By Alanna Rizza TORONTO - A group of young girls clung to each other Wednesday evening in Toronto's Greektown, as they mourned a friend and teammate who was killed by a 29-year-old gunman just days ea...

CALGARY - Former Calgary Flames star Jarome Iginla will announce his retirement from the NHL on Monday. The news conference will be held in Calgary, where the native of St. Albert, Alta., played almos...

By Holly McKenzie-Sutter Earlier this month, the RCMP threw a retirement party in St. John's, N.L., for a Labrador retriever named Luke. As the saying goes, you can't teach an old dog new tricks, and ...

TORONTO - The 10-year-old girl who was one of two people killed in the mass shooting in Toronto over the weekend was identified by police Tuesday night as Julianna Kozis. The girl from Markham, Ont., ...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Two First Nations in Saskatchewan have filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against an energy company responsible for an oil spill that fouled the drinking water supply of thousa...

Canadian pro golfer Graham DeLaet says he'll miss another 6-12 months following back surgery. DeLaet said on Twitter that he will undergo microdiscetomy surgery, the same procedure he had on a differe...

TORONTO - The man responsible for a shooting rampage in Toronto's Greektown that left two people dead and 13 injured has been identified as Faisal Hussain, Ontario's police watchdog said Monday evenin...