Category Archives: Canadian Press

Canada captain Christine Sinclair has been named to the NWSL Second XI. The 35-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., has led Portland Thorns (12-6-6) to the NWSL championship game Saturday against the North Ca...

CALGARY - Jurors are to continue deliberating Friday whether a man accused of raping and killing a Calgary mother of four is guilty of first-degree murder or a lesser charge. The jury was given instru...

HALIFAX - Ottawa has announced a $29.8 million grant for a new project that aims to harness the immense power of the Bay of Fundy’s tides. Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi announced the ...

LOS ANGELES - Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight pleaded no contest Thursday to voluntary manslaughter and after he ran over two men, killing one, nearly four years ago. The Death Row R...

OTTAWA - When a man on a late-night flight collapsed and lay lifeless on the floor, it was an elected member of Parliament who saved his life. Todd Doherty was recognized this week for his swift actio...

MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault took the Couillard Liberals to task Thursday after a leaked report showed a $4-billion Green Fund aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions ...

PORTLAND, Maine - This was a sub worth diving into. Eleven sandwich shops in Maine combined forces to create a 160-foot-long (49-meter-long) Italian sandwich. The ginormous sandwich disappeared as qui...

OXFORD, N.S. - As residents of a small Nova Scotia town gathered Thursday for a public information session about what created a large and active sinkhole near a busy Tim Hortons, a geologist suggested...

TORONTO - The man who went on a deadly shooting rampage before killing himself in Toronto’s Greektown this summer was an emotionally disturbed loner and did not appear to act out of any particul...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - If you want a straw with your drink or a soda with a kids’ meal at a California restaurant, you’ll need to ask for them starting next year. A law signed Thursday by Go...