Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a British Columbia RCMP officer charged with luring after a sting by a vigilante group says his client will vigorously defend himself. Rishi Gill says Const. Dario Devic is ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Two Canadian sailboat crews are in medal positions heading into Saturday’s final race at the Rio Paralympic Games. Canada is currently second place in the SKUD (two-person boat)...

HAMILTON - Running back Ross Scheuerman took advantage of his first CFL start. Scheuerman ran 18 hard yards on four plays to run down the clock and set up the game-winning field goal as his Hamilton T...

Following is a list of the works of W.P. Kinsella, who died Friday in Hope, B.C. - Dance Me Outside (1977). A series of stories narrated by a young Cree man from what was then called Hobbema in centra...

NEW YORK - Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee, who challenged theatrical convention in masterworks such as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “A Delic...

DENVER - Police locked down a Denver hospital complex Friday amid reports that gunshots were fired and a man was seen carrying a rifle on the grounds. Officer Tyrone Campbell said a room-by-room searc...

VANCOUVER - W.P. Kinsella, the B.C.-based author of “Shoeless Joe,” the award-winning novel that became the film “Field of Dreams,” has died at 81. His literary agency confirme...

NEW YORK - The New-York Historical Society has acquired the archive of tennis great Billie Jean King . The museum said Friday it includes documents, objects, personal scrapbooks and photographs. Highl...

PHOENIX - Arizona state Senate President Andy Biggs has won a recount in a razor-thin Republican primary in a suburban Phoenix congressional district. A judge certified Friday that Biggs won by 27 vot...

For whatever reason, teams in Major League Soccer have a tough time winning away from home. Whether it’s the travel, style of play, or some other factor, clubs are often pleased to escape enemy ...