Category Archives: Canadian Press

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Restrictions meant to help stave off new wildfires in tinder-dry British Columbia appear to be working as people enjoy the long weekend, officials say. Kevin Skrepnek with the BC Wild...

MONTREAL - Canada’s Frank Dancevic failed to advance to the Rogers Cup main draw on Sunday after falling 7-6(1), 2-6, 2-6 to American Tim Smyczek. The match, played at Uniprix Stadium, took two ...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions agreed to terms with free agent Ricky Foley on Sunday, bringing the defensive lineman back to the organization that drafted him 11 years ago. Foley, of Courtice, Ont., was s...

MIAMI - New Los Angeles Clippers centre Willie Reed was jailed Sunday in Miami on a battery charge. His wife told police that he dragged her across the apartment while wrestling for a purse and later ...

MONTREAL - Javier Gomez Noya eased up to wave to the crowd as he cruised through the final 100 metres to win the ITU Montreal World Triathlon Series race on Sunday. There was no beating the five-time ...

WASHINGTON - Something strange has been happening lately in Washington when the most powerful man in town, the president of the United States, makes a headline-grabbing declaration on some new policy....

NEW YORK - After a decade of development and several postponements, the long-awaited Stephen King adaptation “The Dark Tower” debuted with an estimated $19.5 million in North American tick...

LONDON - Running on empty, Canada’s Eric Gillis only had 30 kilometres in him on Sunday. The victim of a stomach virus that has struck Canada’s team at the world track and field championsh...

CALGARY - A woman’s driving lesson in Calgary ended abruptly when the vehicle she was driving left a parking lot, crashed through a barrier and landed metres below onto a train platform. Police ...

TORONTO - American Varvara Lepchenko downed top-seeded qualifier Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 7-5, 6-0 on Sunday to advance to the main draw of the Rogers Cup. Lepchenko, who defeated Canadian Gab...