Category Archives: Canadian Press

NEW YORK - On a night of nervous laughter and cathartic tears and applause, Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad” won the National Book Award for fiction and Democratic U.S. ...

CALGARY - University of Calgary officials are hoping to set the record straight after limiting the use of the popular file-sharing program BitTorrent over the wireless network on campus. The move happ...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s prime minister beat other world leaders to an early call with President-elect Donald Trump by getting his cellphone number from Greg Norman, the golfing great s...

OTTAWA - A Canadian warship is helping New Zealanders cope with the aftermath of a 7.8 magnitude quake that left two dead and cut off 700 people in a small coastal town. HMCS Vancouver was in New Zeal...

LOS ANGELES - Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen died in his sleep after falling down in the middle of the night at his Los Angeles home, his manager said Wednesday. “The death was sudden, unexpect...

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Warm weather has wiped out next week's scheduled men's World Cup alpine skiing event in Lake Louise, Alta., for the first time in 29 years. Despite using snow guns and installing ...

Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey had tried to make light of his team’s impossibly tough two-game stretch. “The computer that spit out the schedule, I’m going to find it and break it...

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says the team’s decision not to stay at Donald Trump-branded hotels in New York and Chicago was made before the presidential election. The billionaire technolog...

TOKYO - Japan’s leader will likely seek reassurances that President-elect Donald Trump remains committed to the U.S.-Japan security alliance when the two meet in New York on Thursday. Prime Mini...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is being urged to bring in legislation to better protect journalists and their confidential sources. That was the message from three journalists who’ve had those ...