Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - A surprisingly powerful performance from the Canadian economy is pushing some forecasters to change their outlooks - starting with their predictions for Wednesday’s central bank rate an...

Metallica singer James Hetfield says he’s OK, but his ego is a bit bruised after falling on stage in the Netherlands. Fan video shows Hetfield walking into a hole created when part of the floor ...

NEW YORK - When her work was done, her first trip to the U.S. Open semifinals since 2010 secured, if just barely, Venus Williams sat in her sideline chair and beamed . Williams reached her third major...

BELFAST, Maine - A group of Mainers says Passy Pete the Lobster has predicted six more weeks of summer at an annual ceremony. The crustacean has been fished out of the Passagassawakeag River for the p...

RALEIGH, N.C. - A descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee says he stepped down as pastor of a North Carolina church after negative reactions to his comments supporting racial justice during an MT...

CALGARY - Investors and analysts offered measured praise Tuesday as Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) delivered the first of four key asset sales it has promised to help pay for its $17.7-billion purchase of m...

MONTREAL - Animal-welfare groups have renewed their calls for a ban on horse-drawn carriages in Montreal after another horse collapsed in the street over the long weekend. The animal was found lying o...

Former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre says he will be bigger and better in his November comeback fight against middleweight title-holder Michael Bisping. The 36-year-old from Montreal has bee...

OTTAWA - Failed Conservative leadership candidate Brad Trost is seeking an Ontario court’s opinion on whether his campaign ought to have been fined for leaking the party’s membership list....

ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatia’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by an Albanian soccer fan against extradition to Serbia, where he is wanted for allegedly flying a drone carrying a nationalist b...