Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - The Ontario Arrows scored 19 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the Glendale Raptors 40-18 in exhibition rugby union play Sunday afternoon. The Arrows, a beefed-up version of the...

BERLIN - A Russian-Canadian member of the protest group Pussy Riot is being treated in Berlin after falling severely ill, with fellow activists alleging he was poisoned. Pyotr Verzilov was flown to th...

VANCOUVER - On the morning of Oct. 17, British Columbians shouldn’t expect to wake up and see marijuana stores opening their doors. At least that’s the message from the province’s mi...

OTTAWA - Federal Opposition parties are preparing their ammunition for a fall session of Parliament aimed at attacking the Trudeau government’s record on pipelines, trade and promises to raise f...

TORONTO - For a quarter of a century Canada’s Davis Cup team revolved around doubles specialist Daniel Nestor. But there was a changing of the guard on Sunday as the 46-year-old Nestor officiall...

HALIFAX - A monument erected in Halifax to honour the Polish-Canadian community further cements the bond between the two countries and highlights the centuries of history that forged it, dignitaries s...

TORONTO - Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a memorable career goal No. 500, signed a fan’s forehead and then left town with a parting shot after a 5-3 loss to Toronto FC. “I’m happy for Tor...

PARIS - On a spectacular day for track and field fans, Kevin Mayer of France set a decathlon world record in front of a home crowd, just hours after Eliud Kipchoge smashed the marathon world record in...

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria - Canada came out in front of Australia in a photo finish in the women’s eight A final to capture silver at the world rowing championships on Sunday. The Canadian team finished...

LAVAL, Que. - Kyle Landry and Joel Anthony didn’t think twice about bending their six-foot-nine, 30-something bodies into airplane seats for nearly 19 hours of travel. Two days after Canada̵...