Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Mo Johnston believed in Toronto FC from the get-go, holding out high hopes before the MLS expansion franchise ever kicked a ball. ”We’re going to have a very, very good team, rig...

Nick Poloniato was so used to delivering blows on the football field that he never expected to be knocked over by bobsled. A standout defensive back in university, Poloniato had designs on attending a...

CHAPECO, Brazil - The president of Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro said Thursday the team will not play its final-round match of the Brazilian league season against Chapecoense. Nineteen of the Chapec...

HALIFAX - A police probe has been launched into the nursing home death of a “sweet” 79-year-old Halifax-area man, as his wife alleges he was pushed by another resident with severe dementia...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Canada opened the 2016-17 HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series on a winning note Thursday, posting three wins to advance to the quarter-finals. The Canadian women...

TORONTO - Bill Manning remembers having to sell defender Drew Moor on Toronto FC while trying to recruit him as a free agent last winter. Manning, who joined Toronto as president in October 2015, knew...

VANCOUVER - A necropsy has been completed on the latest humpback whale to drown while trapped underwater by fish-farm equipment off the British Columbia coast. Fisheries experts say it could take much...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is hiring an Arabic-speaking welfare case worker as it prepares for the end of federal sponsorship support for Syrian refugees. About 1,300 Syrian refugees have come to Nova Scot...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The longtime Democratic congressman slated to become California’s next attorney general immediately took a combative stance against Republican President-elect Donald Trump&#...

TORONTO - Veteran goaltender Jeff Glass practises with the Toronto Marlies not knowing when he will dress for a game, let alone get a start. His NHL revival attempt doesn’t come with any guarant...