Category Archives: Canadian Press

Months removed from sports hernia and hip surgeries, Claude Giroux still didn’t feel like himself. The Philadelphia Flyers’ captain finally got back to normal by the end of the season, rou...

TORONTO - Brian Noble, the Toronto Wolfpack’s director of rugby, has been recognized in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Noble, a rugby league icon as player and coach, was awarded an MB...

NEW YORK - Sheanon Williams has been suspended indefinitely by Major League Soccer after the Vancouver Whitecaps defender was charged with assault in connection with an alleged domestic incident. MLS ...

TORONTO - Green Arrow and Superman had a brief teamup at Toronto Blue Jays batting practice on Friday afternoon. Stephen Amell, who plays the titular hero on the TV series “Arrow,” took ba...

EDMONTON - A spill of 90 litres of diesel fuel into an Edmonton storm sewer will cost Canadian National Railway more than $2.5 million in fines. The federal government says the company has been ordere...

LONDON - Paul McCartney and J.K. Rowling just got promoted, so to speak, in Britain’s hierarchy. Twenty years after he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Paul McCartney is being upgraded wi...

OTTAWA - Health Canada is proposing that all opioid prescriptions carry a warning sticker and be accompanied by a patient handout detailing the dangers of dependence, addiction and overdose. The depar...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley on Friday revealed the most popular baby names in Alberta in 2016. Liam and Olivia were the favourites for the third year in a row. Here are the Top 10 for boys...

CASPER, Wyo. - A bull rider from Australia suffered life-threatening injuries when a bull threw him and stepped on his chest at the College National Finals Rodeo in Wyoming, his coach said Friday. Bra...

ANZAC, Alta. - Alberta’s police watchdog says an RCMP officer who was responding to a collision when she ran over an injured pedestrian is facing dangerous driving charges. The Alberta Serious I...