Category Archives: Canadian Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem before a U.S. women’s national team match against Thailand on Thursday night. Rapinoe first knelt during the anthem Sept. 4 before...

QUEBEC - Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated from the National Bank Cup on Thursday night, falling 6-2, 6-3 to Russia’s Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round. Bouchard, the tournament’s top se...

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A manhunt was underway late Thursday after two people were injured during a shooting inside a busy shopping mall in Grande Prairie, Alta. RCMP Cpl. Ronald Bumbry confirmed that...

BOSTON - Major League Baseball suspended Padres general manager A.J. Preller for 30 days without pay on Thursday, hitting the San Diego executive with an unprecedented punishment for failing to disclo...

WASHINGTON - Arctic sea ice this summer shrank to its second lowest level since scientists started to monitor it by satellite, with scientists saying it is another ominous signal of global warming. Th...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps plan on mixing things up ahead of next season. After disappointing starts the last two years, and with the CONCACAF Champions League quarter-finals set to get under...

ST. LOUIS - The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Missouri assembles an AR-15 assault rifle - blindfolded - then dares the incumbent Republican to do the same in a TV ad released Thursday. “I ...

DOVER, Del. - A former airman at Dover Air Force Base was given 18 months probation at sentencing Thursday in the death of a 21-month-old boy who was left in his care while his mother was deployed ove...

SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. safety regulators announced a formal recall of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone Thursday after a spate of fires led to injuries and property damage and created a global ma...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Aurelie Rivard touched the wall, looked up at the time clock and smacked the water with delight. The Canadian swim star demolished the field to win the 400-metre freestyle at the Rio ...