Category Archives: Canadian Press

CALGARY - A Calgary businessman and philanthropist paid roughly $750,000 to help free kidnapped journalist Amanda Lindhout in Somalia. Allan Markin, a co-owner of the Calgary Flames, didn’t know...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Four men have been found guilty in connection with the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Trinity Gay, daughter of Olympic track star Tyson Gay. News outlets report a jury returned verdict...

WASHINGTON - Facing the prospect of bruising electoral defeat in congressional elections, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he won’t accept the blame if his party loses control of the Hou...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. has asked Turkey for a recording that could reveal gruesome details of what happened to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Donald Trump said Wednesday. But he’s no...

Vancouver Whitecaps fullback Brett Levis knows that people don’t expect his squad to be in the playoffs this season. But Levis and his teammates are using their underdog status as fuel for their...

MASSENA, N.Y. - Authorities say a Canadian man working on a freighter has died after he fell off a dock on the St. Lawrence Seaway in northern New York. WWNY-TV in Watertown reports 57-year-old Alfred...

MONTREAL - A spate of suicides in northern Quebec Inuit communities has the local school board sounding the alarm about what one official describes as a “deep and ongoing crisis.” “I...

TORONTO - William Nylander is never very far from Kasperi Kapanen’s thoughts these days. Kapanen’s teammate, former roommate and best friend is mired in a contract stalemate with the Toron...

TORONTO - Canadian forward Quinn Ngawati has left the Toronto Wolfpack. The transatlantic rugby league team says the 19-year-old has returned home to Victoria “to continue his professional devel...

TORONTO - Benard Azegere can’t believe how the past two months - especially the past two days - have transformed hockey in Kenya. Azegere and his teammates on the Ice Lions, Kenya’s only h...