Category Archives: Canadian Press

CALGARY - A unit that reviews police actions in Alberta is alleging that officers broke a man’s ribs and caused his lung to collapse and lied about him resisting arrest. Susan Hughson of the Alb...

LONDON - The head of WADA’s athlete commission contends the global anti-doping system is not “broken” and laments that politics surrounding the Russian doping scandal has sown “...

TORONTO - Adam van Koeverden has paddled for the better part of two decades with the single-minded focus required of the world’s best athletes. Now he says it’s time to look beyond himself...

MONTREAL - Georges St-Pierre just smiled when asked Wednesday about taunts from UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. “I like that, it’s good to feel the love,” the 35-year-old ...

OTTAWA - Despite having originally denied their existence, the federal Indigenous Affairs Department said Wednesday it will give the parliamentary budget office a collection of documents relevant to F...

OTTAWA - Canada has joined dozens of other countries in calling for clearer rules around the sale and use of armed drones, even as the government debates whether the military should acquire such weapo...

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal’s push to ban new pit bulls suffered another setback Wednesday when a judge ruled parts of its legislation can’t be introduced until a court hearing is held...

LAMEQUE, N.B. - Animal rescue crews are considering other plans after another failed attempt to herd six stranded dolphins out of a shallow waterway in northern New Brunswick. Federal fisheries depart...

MONTREAL - Bringing in 1976 Olympics great Nadia Comaneci as a spokesperson for the world gymnastics championships was a natural, but mixed martial arts star Georges St-Pierre was a surprise. The two ...

TORONTO - The bad blood between the Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays has been on a steady boil since Jose Bautista’s infamous bat flip in last year’s American League Division Series. A ...