Category Archives: Canadian Press

The first Olympic gold medal in mixed doubles curling goes to Canada. Canada’s John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes beat defending world champions Jenny Perret and Martin Rios of Switzerland 10-3 in th...

TORONTO - Forget the stereotype of video gamers hunched over a controller, munching on junk food in a dark basement. Like their NBA and MLS athlete counterparts, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment&...

Toronto FC is hoping Phil Balke can follow in the championship footsteps of Michael Bradley, Sebastian Giovinco and Jose Altidore. But Balke works his soccer magic with a gaming controller. Maple Leaf...

BEAUVAIS, France - A nun whose recovery from decades of spinal problems was declared a miracle insists that she is “not a star” but just a “little sister” glad to be able to wa...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s system to support people with intellectual disabilities has dark roots in a poorhouse system that led to attitudes they should remain segregated and controlled, a human r...

SYDNEY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia judge has ruled the seizure of two kilograms of cocaine from an Ontario man during a search at a ferry terminal violated his charter rights, prompting the Crown to drop a ...

BERLIN - A German Shepherd dog who disappeared from her home in Germany six months ago has resurfaced - more than 300 kilometres (180 miles) away in Switzerland. Officials in Zurich say Rapunzel was f...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Babe, I’m gonna feed you, one top North Carolina eatery reassured Led Zeppelin’s famished frontman. The News & Observer reports that Robert Plant and his backing band, ...

OTTAWA - Parks Canada is launching a new initiative in Nunavut to collect and share the testimony of Inuit elders who have knowledge of the doomed Franklin expedition of 1845. The project is seeking a...

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a warning Tuesday to neighbouring Greece, Cyprus and international companies exploring for gas in the eastern Mediterranean not to “...