Category Archives: Canadian Press

Doug Sturrock’s history of Canadian rugby is a labour of love, a half-century in the making. It started in 1967 with research for a master’s thesis at the University of Alberta - at the su...

NEW YORK - A new exhibit at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum highlights the impact of sports after the 2001 attacks, including the Mets’ win in New York’s first major sporti...

Black NHLers are celebrating hockey legend Willie O’Ree’s induction into the sport’s holy shrine - the Hockey Hall of Fame. O’Ree, now 82, was chosen Tuesday to enter the hall ...

BRUSSELS - Member nations of the global chemical weapons watchdog voted Wednesday to give the organization the authority to apportion blame for illegal attacks, expanding its powers following a bitter...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Loudspeakers blasted songs by the late rapper XXXTentacion as thousands of fans chanting his lyrics lined up for hours in a Florida arena to see the performer laid out in a cas...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to labour unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial bl...

Canadian international midfielder Junior Hoilett has signed a new three-year deal with Cardiff City. The 28-year-old from Brampton, Ont., was voted Cardiff’s player of the season by his teammate...

LOS ANGELES - Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway are among the newest group of celebrities who will be honoured by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce W...

HAMILTON - Indigenous leaders said Wednesday they were shocked and disappointed by a Hamilton jury’s decision to acquit a local homeowner in the shooting death of a Six Nations man who broke int...

EASTPOINT, Fla. - John Matthew Polous watched a “controlled-burn” fire for three days as it consumed foliage outside his tiny community on the Florida Panhandle. And then he watched as it ...