Category Archives: Canadian Press

ISLAMABAD - The death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of Afghanistan’s outlawed militant network that bears his name, is unlikely to weaken the group that is considered the most formidable of...

HAMILTON - Labour Day has done wonders for Brandon Banks’ receiving career. The quick and diminutive Hamilton receiver reached a milestone 3,000 career receiving yards in the Tiger-Cats’ 4...

NEW YORK - The late Aretha Franklin’s family said Monday that it found an Atlanta pastor’s eulogy delivered at the Queen of Soul’s funeral last week to be offensive and distasteful. ...

Toronto Blue Jays starter Marcus Stroman and his ailing finger pointed the blame at himself for his most recent outing. “I just had no feel today,” he said. “I didn’t make the ...

HAMILTON - Alex Green and Brandon Banks made sure the Hamilton Tiger-Cats once again finished what they started Monday night. Green and Banks had two touchdowns apiece as Hamilton rallied for a 42-28 ...

EDMONTON - The Foo Fighters have rescheduled shows in Edmonton and Calgary due to a problem similar to one that recently forced U2 to end a show in Germany - their singer has lost his voice. A news re...

Milwaukee authorities say a 3-year-old girl who was abducted at gunpoint from her home on the city’s north side was found safe about seven hours later. Police say Phoenix “Mariah” Di...

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders kept their string of Labour Day wins alive with a 23-20 victory over the Edmonton Eskimos on Monday. The Stampeders defeated the Eskimos in the annual holiday game a s...

CALGARY - A Rene Paredes field goal with no time left on the clock preserved the Calgary Stampeders’ string of Labour Day victories. Calgary held off the Edmonton Eskimos 23-20 for a seventh str...

Toronto police say a man is in custody after allegedly shooting himself in the foot and then crashing his car when he tried to flee the scene. Investigators say they received a call from a bystander a...