Category Archives: Canadian Press

BARWON HEADS, Australia - Canada’s Alena Sharp is tied for fifth at the halfway mark of the LPGA Tour’s ISPS Handa Vic Open. The Hamilton golfer shot a 3-under 69 in the second round on Fr...

NEW YORK - The National Enquirer’s alleged attempts to blackmail Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with intimate photos could get the tabloid’s parent company and top editors in deep legal trouble and...

LOS ANGELES - The “Young and the Restless” is remembering Kristoff St. John with a series of special episodes. The CBS soap opera on Friday will broadcast a special tribute to the actor, w...

LONDON - Albert Finney, one of the most respected and versatile actors of his generation and the star of films as diverse as “Tom Jones” and “Skyfall,” has died. He was 82. Fro...

BOSTON - First, she lost a leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Then, last month, she got hit by a car. Yet Adrianne Haslet hasn’t lost her nerve - or her resolve. The professional dancer to...

BANGKOK - Princess Ubolratana Mahidol, the first child of Thailand’s beloved late king, has always been a bit of a rebel, and on Friday she shook Thai society by becoming the first member of the...

FLEETWOOD, Pa. - A Pennsylvania school has been shuttered after 12 people were sickened there by carbon monoxide. Fleetwood Area Schools Superintendent Greg Miller says a community theatre group was p...

HALIFAX - The federal government awarded U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin a long-awaited contract to design its $60-billion fleet of warships despite lingering questions about the selection process ...

VANCOUVER - Minutes after he was drafted by the Washington Capitals last year, Alex Kannok Leipert got a call from his best friend and Vancouver Giants teammate. Bowen Byram simply couldn’t cont...

RIO DE JANEIRO - A fire early Friday swept through the sleeping quarters of an academy for Brazil’s popular professional soccer club Flamengo, killing 10 people and injuring three, most likely t...