Category Archives: Canadian Press

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Mikaela Shiffrin won a World Cup super-G on Saturday, confirming the slalom great’s arrival as a pure speed racer and all-round threat. Shiffrin, who got her first care...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Canada’s Kim Boutin returned to international competition with a podium finish in the women’s 1,000-metre race on Saturday at the World Cup short-track event in Kazakh...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Justin Douglas became Canada’s all-time tries leader with a pair of tries Saturday in a 28-7 win over Wales at the HSBC Cape Town Sevens. Douglas had four tries on the ...

SYDNEY, N.S. - A Cape Breton community has leaped into action following the sudden closure of a Sydney, N.S., call centre that left nearly 700 people without jobs just three weeks before Christmas. In...

CANTON, Miss. - In a town that calls itself the Hollywood of Mississippi, people say for years they’ve been hearing tales of dirty politics worthy of a movie script, like campaigns buying votes ...

MONTREAL - A Montreal subway station played host to an unusually talented busker on Saturday as world renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma entertained a rapt crowd during a brief free concert. Ma, 63, played bot...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators injured reserve is getting a little crowded. Veteran forward Bobby Ryan joined Matt Duchene on the Senators IR on Saturday. According to Ottawa general manager Pierre Dori...

OTTAWA - Canada and the United Kingdom are hosting a “coal-free day” at the United Nations climate talks in Katowice, Poland, a city built on coal mining. Poland relies on coal for almost ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he wants a battle-hardened commander who oversaw troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to be the nation’s next top military adviser. If confi...

TORONTO - Shoppers Drug Mart has been granted a licence to sell medical marijuana online. Health Canada’s list of authorized cannabis sellers and producers has been updated to reflect that the p...