Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - A 29-year-old Ontario man admitted Friday that he left Canada four years ago to try to join Islamic State militants in Syria after harbouring increasingly radical beliefs. Pamir Hakimzadah, ...

CHICAGO - “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett said Friday that he has been “consistent on every level” with the police during their investigation into what he says was a racist and ...

The New England Patriots will look to rise above the hate and earn a record sixth Super Bowl title on Sunday. If anyone can understand what the Patriots are going through, it has to be members of the ...

DAKAR, Senegal - Boko Haram has killed at least 60 people in a “devastating” attack on the northeastern Nigeria border town of Rann, Amnesty International said Friday, calling it one of th...

OTTAWA - The federal government says diplomats visited Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor today for the third time since he was arrested in China in December on allegations of endangering Chinese na...

MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been arrested after allegedly appearing in a video praising Quebec City’s mosque shooter and expressing hatred toward Muslims. Provincial police arrested Pierre Dion ...

GENEVA - Derek Drouin’s Olympic bronze medal could be bumped up to silver after high jump champion Ivan Ukhov was among 12 Russian track and field athletes found guilty Friday of taking part in ...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have made yet another roster change, terminating a contract with midfielder Efrain Juarez. The Major League Soccer club announced the move in a statement Friday, sa...

The clock is ticking on the auction of Jose Bautista’s bat-flip ball and its consignor is anxious to see where it winds up. Bidding on the ball from Bautista’s three-run homer in Toronto&#...

WHITEHORSE - An event considered to be the toughest dog sled race on the planet begins Saturday in Whitehorse. Thirty teams from Canada, the United States and as far away as the Czech Republic and New...