Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Canadian Frank Dancevic moved one step closer to a berth in the Rogers Cup main draw, defeating Marius Copil in a Saturday qualifier at Uniprix Stadium. Dancevic, from Niagara Falls, Ont., ...

LANGLEY, B.C. - A grass fire in Metro Vancouver led emergency crews to discover a person’s body. Firefighters in Langley, B.C., were fighting a blaze on the eastern edge of the city less than th...

HALIFAX - The Halifax Chronicle Herald and the union representing the paper’s striking newsroom workers have reached a tentative agreement in their 18-month-old labour dispute. The Saltwire Netw...

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions Saturday to punish North Korea for its escalating nuclear and missile programs including a ban on coal and other exports worth over $...

UNITED NATIONS, United Nations - UN Security Council votes unanimously to impose new sanctions on North Korea including banning $1 billion in exports. The Canadian Press

Oakland outfielder Matt Joyce received a two-game suspension without pay Saturday for directing a gay slur toward a fan in Anaheim and he will take part in a public outreach initiative with PFLAG, a f...

ROME - A 30-year-old man has been arrested in the alleged kidnapping of a young British model who thought she was coming to Milan for a photo shoot, but instead was drugged, hustled away in a suitcase...

JERUSALEM - Israel’s justice minister says even if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on corruption charges he is not compelled to resign. Ayelet Shaked tells Israel’s Channel 2...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. What makes the Aug. 21 eclipse so special is that it w...

MONTREAL - Forty-one years after it first welcomed the world for the 1976 Games, Montreal’s Olympic Stadium has been asked to throw open its doors once again. The cavernous stadium, which is mor...