Author Archives: The Canadian Press

TORONTO - The family of an 11-year-old Toronto girl has reportedly apologized for the "pain and anger" they caused, after the girl's claim that a man cut her hijab turned out not to be true. "This has...

WASHINGTON - In his first foreign trip as leader of the official Opposition, Andrew Scheer avoided any criticism of the Liberal federal government, telling a Washington audience that Canada speaks wit...

LOS ANGELES - The Southern California home where authorities say two parents tortured their 13 children had doubled as a private school for the siblings but faced no government oversight and was never...

MONTREAL - Yellow Pages Ltd. has cut another 500 jobs across the country as it continues to struggle with a shift of consumer preferences from print to digital directories. The company (TSX:Y) said Tu...

TORONTO - With cases of flu continuing to rise in Canada, there's likely a whole lot of "achooing" going on across the country. But ear, nose and throat doctors advise against trying to stifle those s...

OTTAWA - Ice dance darlings Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will carry Canada's flag into the opening ceremony at next month's Winter Games in South Korea. The Olympic gold medallists were introduced Tues...

TOKYO - Japan's public broadcaster mistakenly sent an alert Tuesday warning citizens of a North Korean missile launch and urging them to seek immediate shelter, then minutes later corrected it, days a...

Toronto police say an 11-year-old girl's report of having her hijab cut by a scissors-wielding man as she walked to school last week did not happen. Police had been investigating the alleged incident ...

DENVER - Curtis Knight, Robert Church and Matthew Dinsdale all had hat tricks to lead the Saskatchewan Rush past the Colorado Mammoth 17-12 on Saturday night in National Lacrosse League action. Ben Mc...

Sears Canada says its remaining stores will close their doors for good today. The long-time staple of Canada's retail landscape declared bankruptcy last year and announced in the fall that it would li...