Category Archives: Canadian Press

OAKVILLE, Ont. - Golf Canada CEO Scott Simmons is leaving the post in February. He has been in the job since 2007. Simmons said it was “a very personal decision, and a difficult one.” R...

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier wants the CBC to refocus its mandate with fewer cooking shows, sporting events and Canadian knockoffs of popular U.S. programs. The Quebec MP sa...

MOSUL, Iraq - They came by the hundreds - men, women and children fleeing the battle for Mosul, some bloodied and crying out for help. So large was the crowd on the road that Iraqi troops initially or...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia must prepare for a potential wave of deaths due to illicit fentanyl, and must as a result be careful in addressing painkiller over-prescription, says the province’s chief p...

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials earlier this month believed it would be appropriate to raise a key interest rate “relatively soon,” with some arguing for a hike at the Fed’s n...

VANCOUVER - The HSBC Canada Sevens slated for Vancouver in March is 85 per cent sold out, according to organizers. Last year’s debut Canadian stop on the men’s rugby sevens circuit saw 60,...

Ghislaine Landry will serve as captain in the absence of the injured Jen Kish when Olympic bronze medallist Canada opens the HSBC Women’s Seven Series in Dubai. The Dec. 1-2 tournament kicks off...

While Damian McGrath has spent all his life in rugby, he soon found out the sport in Samoa is something else. “Samoan people are rugby-mad,” said the 57-year-old Englishman, who spent 16 m...

WINNIPEG - Advocates say Manitoba should expand human rights protection to overweight people because they are being passed over for everything from job promotions to surgery. About two dozen people ra...

VANCOUVER - Author Steven Galloway has issued his first statement since he was suspended a year ago by the University of British Columbia over what it has only described as “serious allegations....