Category Archives: Canadian Press

SACKVILLE, N.B. - A New Brunswick university student researching environmentally conscious funerals says she hopes her research will help ease the discomfort some people feel when talking about death....

NORFOLK, Va. - The owners of a popular dinner cruise ship in Virginia are being sued by a customer who says the ship’s no-skid flooring worked too well. The lawsuit in federal court accuses the ...

NEWTON, Iowa - Less than two months after failing to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, James Hinchcliffe roared from behind to seize one of the more satisfying wins of his IndyCar career. Hinchcliffe,...

MONTREAL - More than 200 firefighters from across Canada and the northeastern United States have been sent to Quebec this month to help fight forest fires. Quebec’s forest fire protection servic...

WORCESTER, Mass. - A Massachusetts beauty queen has given up her crown due to a joke about the #MeToo movement. NBC 10 Boston reports Maude Gorman resigned on Saturday as Miss Plymouth County for the ...

OTTAWA - In the last decade, Gabriela Stafford has found solace out on long runs. And when pre-race nerves threaten to derail her, she finds strength in thinking of her mom. The 22-year-old from Toron...

TORONTO - Ryan Borucki’s introduction to the big leagues hasn’t been easy, but the rookie left-hander is embracing the challenge. Borucki went seven innings allowing just one earned and pi...

LONDON - Michael Ondaatje’s “The English Patient” was named the greatest-ever winner of the Man Booker Prize at an event Sunday celebrating five decades of the prestigious literary a...

OTTAWA - Marco Arop was a star-struck 17-year-old watching the men’s 800-metre final at the Canadian track and field championships in 2016. “I remember a friend of mine saying ‘That&...

MONTREAL - A group of Hasidic Jews in a town north of Montreal will be forced to leave the residence where they’ve been staying following a Quebec Superior Court injunction, the town’s may...