Category Archives: Canadian Press

Canadian women’s basketball star Kia Nurse has signed a one-year deal with the University of Canberra Capitals of Australia’s WNBL. The club confirmed the move Thursday on its website. The...

MONTREAL - Sloane Stephens says she isn’t overly excited about the hard court tennis season even if it leads to the tournament that brought her biggest victory - the U.S. Open. The 25-year-old&#...

SICAMOUS, B.C. - A 23-year-old New Zealand woman has died after she and three friends jumped from a bridge in Sicamous, B.C. RCMP say it happened at around 2 a.m. Wednesday when all four people leaped...

OTTAWA - Major credit card companies have struck an agreement with the federal government to trim the fees they charge to merchants in a move Ottawa hopes will provide a boost to small businesses. Ott...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia says it is ready to “mitigate any impacts” if it loses more than 50 Saudi medical residents because of an international diplomatic row. The residencies, through Dalho...

MONTREAL - In what police describe as an elaborate show of force, up to 700 Hells Angels bikers and associates are expected to descend on a rural Quebec town this weekend for their annual national gat...

WASHINGTON - Pointing to growing threats and competition from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday announced ambitious plans to create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military warfi...

VANCOUVER - While the Vancouver Whitecaps didn’t like the decision to send Brazilian Felipe off for a tackle on Toronto FC’s Marky Delgado in the first leg of the Canadian Championship fin...

TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard thanks the Spurs’ fans and organization and said he is looking forward to the “next chapter” in his NBA career in his first comments since being traded form S...

OTTAWA - A former soldier facing a murder charge in Ontario has lost a bid to halt his trial over concerns about delays in the case. The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear Adam Picard’s ch...