Category Archives: Canadian Press

WINNIPEG - An annual awards ceremony that celebrates people who work toward gender equality is being held in Winnipeg instead of Ottawa this year. The Governor General’s Awards in Commemoration ...

MOSCOW - The Kontinental Hockey League, widely considered the world’s strongest hockey competition outside the NHL, is considering cutting teams because of financial pressure. A recession in Rus...

JOHANNESBURG - The South African government says convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius has been moved at his request to a prison that is better able to accommodate disabled offenders. The Department of C...

TORONTO - The NHL hopes to inch closer to a decision on the 2018 Olympics later this week. League officials will meet with the International Ice Hockey Federation in New York on Wednesday. Deputy comm...

So much about the career of Eric Lindros reads like a Hollywood script, including where the incoming Hall of Famer lived when he entered the National Hockey League. It was about a month into Lindros&#...

HALIFAX - A rapper who made a heartfelt plea for an end to violence after a series of killings in Halifax earlier this year has been charged with murder in a weekend killing. Carvel Clayton, 21, was a...

CALGARY - Forever linked by their junior hockey success, Matthew Tkachuk, Mitch Marner and Christian Dvorak keep tabs on each other’s progress in their rookie NHL seasons. The night of Nov. 3 ha...

Carey Price is flying again for the Montreal Canadiens. The 29-year-old star goaltender, who missed most of last season with a knee injury, is currently 10-0-0 with a .957 save percentage this season....

TORONTO - Heather Moyse, whose achievements include three sports and Olympic gold, takes another remarkable step on her career path this week. The 38-year-old from Summerside, P.E.I., now based in Tor...

MONTREAL - A former aide to ex-Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum says it took just several months on the job to conclude the longtime local politician was “open to corruption.” More than th...