Category Archives: Canadian Press

CLEVELAND - David Ortiz is heading into retirement with some more hardware. The Boston Red Sox slugger captured the Hank Aaron Award on Wednesday as the top hitter in the American League this season. ...

Former CFL coach of the year Vic Rapp has died. He was 80. The Edmonton Eskimos and B.C. Lions both announced Rapp’s death in releases on Wednesday. Rapp began his CFL coaching career in Edmonto...

VANCOUVER - The list of reasons for the Vancouver Whitecaps’ dismal showing in 2016 is a long one. An atrocious home record, discipline, lacklustre defending and scoring woes are among the culpr...

LOS ANGELES - Actress Amber Tamblyn says she is expecting a baby girl. The 33-year-old actress writes in an essay for Glamour magazine that she is “going to be a mother soon. I’m pregnant,...

MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota judge ruled Wednesday that a woman and girl who claim to be Prince’s niece and grandniece will not be considered heirs to the late music superstar’s estate. Carve...

TORONTO - Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre says while he would welcome a fight with middleweight title-holder Michael Bisping, it’s not in the cards right now. St-Pierre, who h...

During his comeback from a catastrophic knee injury, Canadian skier Dustin Cook always considered this year’s World Cup in Lake Louise, Alta., the date circled in red on his calendar. But he fee...

CALGARY - Defenceman Brigette Lacquette has replaced injured Lauriane Rougeau on Canada’s roster for next week’s Four Nations Cup women’s hockey tournament in Viermumaki, Finland. Ro...

OKOTOKS, Alta. - Brad Jacobs toppled Glen Howard 4-3 in Draw 5 action Wednesday night at the Masters Grand Slam of Curling for his second victory of the day. Jacobs, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., needed ...

OTTAWA - The latest deadline may appear to be looming large, but in fact the talks hashing out the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement have been going on for years. Here is a timeline...