Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Sprint star Andre De Grasse was looking stronger than he had all season, cruising to what looked like an easy win in his 200-metre semifinal Saturday at the Canadian track and field champions...

OTTAWA - A night after Aaron Brown captured a thrilling men’s 100 metre title, the 200 metres had plenty of drama as well - but for all the wrong reasons. Brown won the 200 to complete the short...

The Montreal morgue has become so overcrowded after an increase in the number of deaths caused by recent extreme heat and humidity that the coroner’s office has had to partner with a funeral hom...

NEW YORK - A campaign manager who moonlights as an energy healer. A photographer who sings in a heavy metal band. A Muslim progressive activist who runs a cooking blog in her spare time. These are som...

SAMARA, Russia - England achieved something David Beckham’s generation never managed: It reached the semifinals of the World Cup. Harry Maguire and Dele Alli scored with headers in a 2-0 win ove...

LONDON - Simona Halep was ready for a vacation. It’s going to start a week earlier than she wanted after she gave away a big lead, wasted a match point and lost at Wimbledon, joining the process...

MOSCOW - Alex Ovechkin has brought the Stanley Cup to the World Cup. The Washington Capitals captain took the NHL trophy to a fan zone in Moscow where World Cup games are screened. With the Russian Na...

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia tourism officials paid the reality show “The Bachelorette” more than $500,000 to film an episode of the show in Richmond. The Richmond Times-Dispatch filed a Freed...

TORONTO - The Canadian Transportation Agency is investigating a complaint from a Toronto lawyer who claims he was racially profiled by WestJet. Selwyn Pieters, who is black, says the incident happened...

MONTREAL - A Montreal firefighter who fell to his death on Pakistan’s treacherous K2 mountain is being remembered as a passionate mountaineer whose courage and “unwavering spirit” pr...