Category Archives: Canadian Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Five days of protests by tens of thousands of students angry over the traffic deaths of two of their colleagues have largely cut off the capital Dhaka from the rest of Bangladesh, ...

TORONTO - When Canada’s Lanni Marchant and Krista DuChene stepped up to the marathon start line at the 2013 world championships, it was 2 o’clock in the afternoon, the sun was high, and th...

TORONTO - It looks like a vitamin, but functions like something out of a science fiction movie. Canada’s team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be prepared for the heat thanks partly to a computer...

DETROIT - A Michigan judge who held an extraordinary hearing before sentencing sports doctor Larry Nassar to prison for sexually assaulting female athletes refused to disqualify herself from the case ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - An Australian soldier who dug a snow cave to survive below-freezing conditions for a week on a New Zealand mountain was rescued Friday. Rescue authorities said they plucked 2...

NEW YORK - Dodgeball is not just a Ben Stiller movie or anxiety-inducing gym class activity. It’s a professional sport. That’s no Vince Vaughn joke. The World Dodgeball Association , found...

KABUL - Two suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 29 people and wounding another 81, officials said. Abdullah Asrat, spokesman for the...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps will be the underdogs when they face off against New York City FC this weekend, but coach Carl Robinson believes his squad can take a bite out of the big apple. Pla...

Bob Nicholson hopes a rare best-on-best men’s tournament, and Gretzky brand, will pull people into Edmonton’s Rogers Place to watch hockey in the middle of summer. The Hlinka Gretzky Cup, ...

TORONTO - Aimia Inc. says it remains open to negotiating a fair deal for the purchase of its Aeroplan loyalty program by Air Canada and its partners despite striking a deal with Toronto-based Porter A...