Category Archives: Canadian Press

MEXICO CITY - Tropical Storm Newton strengthened into a hurricane Monday as it drenched parts of western Mexico, causing floods and landslides as it headed toward landfall near the Los Cabos resorts. ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - A record-tying earthquake in the edge of Oklahoma’s key energy-producing areas rattled the Midwest from Illinois to the southwest part of Texas on Saturday, bringing fresh attent...

Hong Kongers headed to the polls Sunday for the specially administered Chinese city’s most crucial election since the handover from Britain in 1997. The vote for Legislative Council lawmakers is...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian prosecutors have filed charges against a high-ranking Olympic official in connection to a ticket-scalping case that unfolded during last month’s Olympic Games in Rio d...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have a clean bill of health and it couldn’t have come at a better time. As the race for post-season play in Major League Soccer heats up, four previously injured p...

RIO DE JANEIRO - With the Rio Paralympics set to begin Wednesday, organizers say ticket sales have jumped from around 200,000 to 1.6 million, and a spirit of optimism now pervades the cash-strapped ev...

OTTAWA - When Braden Holtby last represented Canada on the international stage it was almost a decade ago and he barely played. The 26-year-old from Lloydminster, Sask., has been slowly inching upward...

CALGARY - Marie-Philip Poulin, Natalie Spooner, Meaghan Mikkelson and Hayley Wickenheiser are among the top 44 players invited to attend the Canadian women’s hockey team camp starting Sunday in ...

The Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team will be out to defend their gold medal at the Rio Paralympics. Their first round-robin game at the 12-nation tournament is Thursday against No. 4 Sp...

RIO DE JANEIRO - IOC President Thomas Bach will miss Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in order to attend a state event in Germany. The International Olympic Committee said Tu...