Category Archives: Canadian Press

ESPOO, Finland - Ice dancers Carolane Soucisse of Chateauguay, Que., and Shane Firus of North Vancouver, B.C., missed the podium by three points on Sunday to conclude the Finlandia Trophy figure skati...

OTTAWA - The world is going to blow past its most stringent climate goal in less than a quarter century unless the political will erupts to act faster and more directly to curb greenhouse gas emission...

REGINA - Kenny Shaw isn’t listening to outside criticism of the Saskatchewan Roughriders offence. The wide receiver made his Riders debut last week in a 34-29 win over the Montreal Alouettes - w...

CHICAGO - Britain’s Mo Farah won the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, claiming his first marathon victory in three attempts. Farah finished in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 11 seconds. It was the first maratho...

MINNEAPOLIS - John Gagliardi, who won more games than any other college football coach with his unconventional methods at a small Minnesota school, has died. He was 91. St. John’s University sai...

SCHOHARIE, N.Y. - A limousine carrying four sisters, other relatives and friends to a birthday celebration blew through a stop sign and slammed into a parked SUV outside a store in upstate New York, k...

TORONTO - Canada’s largest mental health centre has apologized to one of its former psychologists and will pay him more than half a million dollars, years after it published a report that errone...

MONTREAL - Quarterback Johnny Manziel needs to earn his first victory of the season if the Montreal Alouettes hope to remain in playoff contention. A loss against the league-best Calgary Stampeders on...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s rattlesnakes may not get much respect, but scientists are working to change that - and in the process, save a diminishing species. University and government resear...

WINNIPEG - Brian Pallister’s abrupt about-face on a carbon tax came after the Manitoba premier felt like he was being used as a prop by Ottawa, and sources say it was a surprise to most in his o...