Category Archives: Canadian Press

Mario Lemieux was the unofficial greybeard of Team Canada when the last World Cup of Hockey was played a dozen years ago. This time around, the role falls to Joe Thornton, the 37-year-old who played a...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russia has been stripped of two track and field medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics after retests showed their athletes doped with an anabolic steroid. The International Olym...

FREDERICTON - Convicted murderer Dennis Oland’s bid for bail at the Supreme Court of Canada could set an important legal precedent nationally, and several provinces are arguing such releases may...

HALIFAX - A lingering left calf injury has forced doubles star Daniel Nestor to skip this weekend’s Davis Cup playoff, putting Canada in an awkward spot as top player Milos Raonic has already bo...

WASHINGTON - Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Federal Reserve’s Atlanta regional bank, announced Tuesday that he plans to step down in February of next year. Lockhart is leaving after a dec...

TORONTO - Up to one million Canadian borrowers could face problems paying their debts if interest rates rise by a full percentage point including some of the highest rated consumers, a report released...

OTTAWA - A second member of the Canadian Forces in Halifax has been charged with sexual assault in as many days. Master Seaman Daniel Cooper, a naval communicator at Canadian Forces Base Halifax, face...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to restore a week of early voting in swing-state Ohio, a decision denounced by Democrats but praised by the state’s Republican election...

TORONTO - It wasn’t enough for Ellen Burka’s students to perform to music, she needed them to feel it. Those who trained with the Canadian hall of fame figure skating coach, who died Monda...

NEW YORK - Wells Fargo announced plans Tuesday to cut its aggressive product sales goals for retail bankers, nearly a week after state and federal regulators fined the bank $185 million for allegedly ...