Category Archives: Canadian Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Prosecutors in St. Petersburg have charged two Russian high school teachers of producing and selling drugs, a case that Russian media have compared to the “Breaking Bad&...

CALGARY - A former teammate of a Canadian Football League player who was shot to death identified the accused as the man who pulled a gun outside a nightclub two years ago. Nelson Lugela, 21, is on tr...

VANCOUVER - A Canadian prosecutor urged a Vancouver court to deny bail to a Chinese executive at the heart of a case that is shaking up U.S.-China relations and worrying global financial markets. Meng...

CLAYTON, N.C. - In a story Dec. 6 about a music teacher accused of forcing a woman into sexual servitude, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a North Carolina music teacher was a Grammy awa...

TORONTO - After lasting just 39 seconds in his UFC debut, Calgary featherweight (Mean) Hakeem Dawodu bounced back with a unanimous decision in July in his home town. “More to come,” says D...

CALGARY - Alex Gough is still in demand on Canada’s luge team after her ceremonial retirement run Saturday. Her heir apparent Kim McRae is leaning on Gough to help her balance an intense schedul...

TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Poland - Canada captured bronze in women’s team pursuit on Friday at the third World Cup speedskating event of the season. Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidema...

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - It wasn’t the Grinch who stole Christmas. It was a man who screamed “there’s no Santa Claus” over and over during a recent holiday festival in Florida. A sou...

NEW YORK - Before her dramatic arrest in Canada, few in the U.S. had heard of Meng Wanzhou. Meng, 46, is chief financial officer and deputy chairwoman of the board of Chinese telecom company Huawei. S...

ESTEVAN, Sask. - Brad Gushue snapped Kevin Koe’s four-game win streak and earned a spot in the semifinal at the Canada Cup on Friday. Gushue’s rink (4-2) from St. John’s, N.L. topped...