Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OSHAWA, Ont. - Another Humboldt Broncos player has signed with a hockey team at an Ontario post-secondary institution. Bryce Fiske, a 20-year old defenceman from La Ronge, Sask., has committed to play...

By Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER - As opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion protested across the country Monday, Canada's environment minister said the project needs ...

By Sheryl Ubelacker TORONTO - A little over a year ago, Julie Tomaino had a stroke that affected both sides of her brain, leaving her "locked in" - conscious but unable to speak or move for about 10 d...

PRESCOTT, Ont. - Provincial police say one of the people injured in a tour bus crash in eastern Ontario on Monday has died. They say the victim was a 54-year-old Chinese man. Officers say a bus carryi...

WASHINGTON - After playing exactly 3,700 games in their 43-year history, the Washington Capitals can almost taste the franchise's first Stanley Cup. T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson and Devante Smith-Pelly scor...

TORONTO - A world champion runner from the Six Nations of the Grand River is the star of today's Google Doodle. Anyone searching on the popular site will be met with a graphic of Tom Longboat running ...

By Sheryl Ubelacker TORONTO - Canadians born between 1945 and 1975 - essentially the baby-boom generation - should be tested for the potentially liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, a new set of guidel...

By Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press CALGARY - Shantel Tallow and her son Rafe Vadnais began a meaningful ritual last weekend when the 11-year-old asked if she would braid his hair each morning. Once ...

HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Vice-principal David Millette at Humboldt high school would chat each day with Brody Hinz about sports and remembers the student making a bold hockey prediction last September. "He s...

PICKERING, Ont. - A crowded family event in a community east of Toronto was turned into a scene of chaos and fear when shots rang out Saturday night wounding four people in Pickering, Ont. Durham Regi...