Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - W.P. Kinsella, the B.C.-based author of “Shoeless Joe,” the award-winning novel that became the film “Field of Dreams,” has died at 81. His literary agency confirme...

NEW YORK - The New-York Historical Society has acquired the archive of tennis great Billie Jean King . The museum said Friday it includes documents, objects, personal scrapbooks and photographs. Highl...

PHOENIX - Arizona state Senate President Andy Biggs has won a recount in a razor-thin Republican primary in a suburban Phoenix congressional district. A judge certified Friday that Biggs won by 27 vot...

For whatever reason, teams in Major League Soccer have a tough time winning away from home. Whether it’s the travel, style of play, or some other factor, clubs are often pleased to escape enemy ...

WINNIPEG - Retribution will have to wait for Drew Willy and T.J. Heath. The two players will face their former teams Saturday when the Toronto Argonauts (5-6) visit the surging Winnipeg Blue Bombers (...

MONTREAL - The province’s taxi industry will have to wait until Tuesday to find out if a judge will grant a request for an injunction against a deal between the Quebec government and ride-hailin...

TORONTO - Las Vegas isn’t giving Team Czech Republic much respect at the World Cup of Hockey. Listed as a 33-1 longshot to hoist the trophy, only Team Europe (50-1) offers steeper odds. Maybe it...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Their sailing support team is large and varied, and includes a marriage counsellor and their dog Zephyr. Canadian couple John McRoberts and Jackie Gay are in silver-medal position hea...

TORONTO - Every day over the summer, Johnny Gaudreau thought about not having a contract. Gaudreau worried about it and obsessed over it but he wasn’t going to let stalled negotiations with the ...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man found guilty along with his lover of plotting to kill each other’s spouse is challenging his conviction. Curtis Vey’s lawyer has filed an appeal t...