Category Archives: Canadian Press

NEW YORK - In a year dominated by such anti-Trump bestsellers as “Fire and Fury” and “A Higher Loyalty,” a conservative counter-wave is growing. Over the next few months, at le...

SOCHI, Russia - Back at the World Cup for the first time since 1982, Peru isn’t leaving Russia empty handed. The Peruvians failed to score a goal in their opening two matches, but the team final...

Rob Gale’s life changed when he was assigned by Fulham FC to oversee a one-month soccer camp in Winnipeg back in 2000. The Zambian-born English native came to Manitoba where he met future wife E...

A church group is being pressured to cancel two speakers at a conference in Pugwash, N.S., next month, amid concerns they promote a homophobic message to young people. The event at Camp Pugwash, a ven...

SURREY, B.C. - The mournful cries of peacocks could soon be silenced in a Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood after city council voted to roust the birds. Council has approved a plan to trap about 100 peacock...

TORONTO - Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell was named the CFL’s top performer of the week Tuesday. Mitchell set a single-game franchise record by completing 90.9 per cent of his pa...

MONTREAL - Former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus received a wild-card entry Tuesday to play in the Rogers Cup this August in Montreal. The two-time Grand Slam champion, who took time away fr...

Climate change is already having a big impact - and Canadian governments urgently need to collect and publish data showing how safe their citizens are from floods, fires and other hazards, a federal a...

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia judge denied rapper Meek Mill’s petition for a new trial in his decade-old drug and gun convictions Monday despite support for the request by the district attorney&...

WASHINGTON - The White House is adding a live concert on the South Lawn to its annual Fourth of July celebration. The 90-minute event is made possible by a partnership between the National Park Servic...