Author: The Canadian Press

Several men’s curling teams punched their tickets to the Canadian championship Sunday. A field of 18 teams will curl Feb. 29 to March 9 in the Montana’s Brier in Kelowna, B.C. Cameron de Jong (B.C.), Rylan Kleiter (Saskatchewan), Sam Mooiebroek (Ontario), John Epping (Northern Ontario), Tyler Smith (Prince Edward Island) and Ty Di Lello (Newfoundland […]

The lineup for the Canadian women’s curling championship was completed Sunday with the crowning of eight champions. A field of 18 teams will curl Feb. 14-23 in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont. Corryn Brown (B.C.), Kayla Skrlik (Alberta), Nancy Martin (Saskatchewan), Kate Cameron (Manitoba), Danielle Inglis (Ontario), Krista McCarville (Northern Ontario), […]

WINDSOR, Ont. — Ilya Protas scored twice and added an assist as the Windsor Spitfires beat the visiting Brampton Steelheads 5-2 in Ontario Hockey League action on Sunday at the WFCU Centre. Noah Morneau, Liam Greentree and Ryan Abraham also scored for the West Division-leading Spitfires (33-10-2-1), who were outshot 25-24. Tnias Mathurin chipped in […]

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators are learning to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. Just a few months ago, the Senators struggled to bounce back when trailing or tied late in games. Now, this group is displaying a new-found resilience and maturity that many doubted would ever emerge. And they’re reaping the results. With a 3-1 […]

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canadian David Lavery has safely made it to Qatar from Afghanistan with the help of the Qatari government. The Canadian Armed Forces veteran went missing in Kabul back in November, according to the Veterans Transition Network. Lavery had been working with the group to provide humanitarian assistance […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s political leadership has found rare unanimity in recent weeks: nobody wants the country to become the “51st state,” as U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly pitched. The heads of all major political parties resoundingly reject the idea, but Canada’s head of state, King Charles III, is not weighing in. A spokesperson for […]

Environment Canada has issued winter weather alerts for parts of Ontario. The weather service says a snow squall warning is in effect for areas east of Georgian Bay including Collingwood, Barrie and Hillsdale. It says the region could see 10 to 15 centimetres of snow and significantly reduced visibility. The squall is expected to end […]

PERTH — The Canadian women climbed two places to fifth in the HSBC SVNS overall standings after placing a season-best fourth Sunday at the Perth stop on the elite rugby sevens circuit. Unbeaten in pool play and a 27-5 quarterfinal winner over Brazil, Canada’s winning run ended in a 24-17 semifinal loss to eventual champion […]

OTTAWA — The working group tasked with measuring productivity within Canada’s federal public service has not looked at remote work, one of its members says. Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Congress and one of the group’s seven members, said remote work “is not part of anything that we’ve discussed at this moment” and […]

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Metro results Metro Inc. is expected to release its first-quarter results on Tuesday and hold its annual meeting of shareholders. The company behind Metro grocery stores and Jean Coutu drugstores recently completed an almost $1-billion supply chain transformation and […]