Category Archives: Canadian Press

LEDUC, Alta. - A man described as an incredible motorcycle racer with a true passion for the sport is dead after he was critically injured in a weekend race near Edmonton. The Edmonton Motorcycle Road...

TORONTO - Canadian men’s basketball coach Roy Rana will gather a “unique blend” of players, including a half dozen from the NBA, for training camp ahead of Canada’s FIBA World ...

WINNIPEG - Blake Wheeler is locked up to play for the Winnipeg Jets until he's 37 years old. That’s not a daunting number for the team captain, whose five-year contract extension was announced T...

PARRY SOUND, Ont. - Police are asking for the public’s help after a cat was thrown from a moving car and died. Ontario Provincial Police say someone tossed an orange and white cat from the passe...

MONTREAL - The president of the Cora Group breakfast chain expressed relief Tuesday after Quebec provincial police announced an arrest in his kidnapping nearly 18 months ago. Authorities said theyR...

USA Gymnastics turned to an outsider when it tasked Kerry Perry to steer the embattled organization through the fallout of the Larry Nassar scandal. Perry, who had no background in the sport when she ...

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - A pair of ruby slippers used in “The Wizard of Oz” and later stolen from a Minnesota museum were recovered in a sting operation after a man approached the shoes...

LONDON - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney all but confirmed Tuesday that he is to stay at the helm of the central bank for longer than planned to help ensure Britain leaves the European Union as s...

KOLKATA, India - Rescuers using huge cranes, iron cutters and drills worked overnight to clear the wreckage of a highway overpass that collapsed Tuesday in the crowded Indian city of Kolkata. The conc...

LARGO, Fla. - Florida police have arrested the mother of a missing toddler whose body was found this week. The Bradenton Herald reports 21-year-old Chelsea Stinson is charged with first-degree murder ...