Category Archives: Canadian Press

LONDON - Britain’s FTSE 100 index of leading shares has closed at a record high. The index ended Thursday’s session 0.7 per cent higher at 7,787.97, surpassing its previous peak of 7,778 i...

COPENHAGEN - Canada will compete for a medal at the world hockey championship for the fourth straight year thanks to another clutch goal from Ryan O’Reilly. O’Reilly scored the game winner...

Research says climate change is driving hundreds of fish species north from their usual seas and some of the biggest effects will be along Canada’s Pacific coast. That is likely to create new ch...

TORONTO - As York University prepares to launch its summer semester without the involvement of 3,000 striking contract staff, students whose winter-term classes were disrupted are expressing frustrati...

There’s no doubt in Canadian John Gunther’s mind Justify will capture the American Triple Crown. The impressive three-year-old won a soggy Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 5 to imp...

ROME - Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal methodically wore down Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-1 Thursday to reach the Italian Open’s last eight and gain revenge over the Canadian teenager. Four-time Ro...

EDMONTON - Canada’s women’s basketball team will host Turkey in an exhibition series in July, as part of the team’s preparation for the 2018 World Cup. The three-game series - the Ed...

VOLCANO, Hawaii - Hawaii officials warned residents Friday that fast-moving lava was approaching an area near homes that were previously destroyed by eruptions from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. Haw...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Health Minister John Haggie says Newfoundland and Labrador is close to announcing a plan on provincial funding for the abortion pill. Haggie says he wants counselling services...

Toronto FC’s list of walking wounded is beginning to thin. And not a moment too soon. A quarter of the way through the regular season and the MLS champions are second-last in the standings at 2-...