Category Archives: Canadian Press

Olympic bobsledding champion Steven Holcomb had prescription sleeping pills and alcohol in his system when he was found dead last month, according to a toxicology report provided to his family and USA...

BARCELONA, Spain - Markus Thormeyer won silver in the men’s 200-metre backstroke Tuesday on a three-medal day for Canada at the Mare Nostrum Tour meet. Thormeyer, from Delta, B.C., finished seco...

WINNIPEG - More than five months after he almost froze to death walking across the Canada-United States border, eventually losing his fingers to frostbite, Razak Iyal was granted refugee status Tuesda...

OTTAWA - Defensive back Antoine Pruneau knows the Ottawa Redblacks have high expectations for him and he has every intention of fulfilling them. The fourth overall pick from the 2014 draft struggled a...

CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. - Canada’s biggest harness-racing track is getting a facelift. Woodbine Entertainment pledged over $10 million for Mohawk Racetrack on Tuesday for upgrades to the facility th...

SAINTE-ANNE-DES-MONTS, Que. - The body of a two-year-old girl who was swept away during Quebec’s heavy floods in May has been recovered. Daphnee Levesque’s corpse was found about one-and-a...

CHURCHILL, Man. - The company that owns the broken Hudson Bay Railway line to Churchill in northern Manitoba says the track is badly damaged and will be closed until next spring. It had been hoped it ...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says police-reported hate crimes showed a five per cent increase in 2015, led by a rise in the number of incidents directed at Muslims. Some facts about the findings: - Hate...

RICHMOND, Va. - Rolling Stone magazine agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by a University of Virginia fraternity over a debunked story about a rape on campus, the fratern...

BANGOR, Maine - Horror author Stephen King says his frequent criticism of President Donald Trump has gotten him blocked on Twitter. The author of “Firestarter” and “It” tweeted...