Category Archives: Canadian Press

BOSTON - Thanks to a miscue by Toronto, the Boston Red Sox moved one step closer to clinching the AL East title. J.D. Martinez hit his 41st home run and the Red Sox scored the tiebreaking run on an ei...

Vancouver Coastal Health is warning anyone who went to the Skookum Festival, visited Noodlebox Mount Pleasant or the Outdoor Community Block Party or used public transit in Vancouver at specific times...

LAVAL, Que. - Five NBA players who chose to suit up for Canada just a week before training camps open. A point guard making his first appearance for Canada in five years. A Canadian university product...

LAVAL, Que. - Tristan Thompson believes Glen Grunwald can get corporate Canada excited about Canadian basketball. The Canadian men’s team applauded the appointment of Grunwald as president and C...

WARSAW, Poland - Tomasz Ritter of Poland was announced the winner Thursday of the world’s first Frederic Chopin piano competition performed on instruments from the composer’s era. Japan...

The world’s supply of oil hit a record last month, yet another sign of oil’s dominance over the energy landscape. The International Energy Agency said Thursday that the global oil supply r...

SEATTLE - Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday that he is giving $2 billion to start a fund that will open preschools in low-income neighbourhoods and give money to nonprofits that helps ho...

SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of mayors, climate activists and business leaders from around the world descended Thursday on San Francisco to cheer on efforts to reduce global warming, even after U.S. Pres...

DETROIT - After selling it on and off in the U.S. for nearly seven decades, Volkswagen has decided to squash its iconic Beetle. The company’s American unit announced Thursday that it would end g...

OTTAWA - Canada and the United Kingdom have drawn four more U.S. states and two major American cities into their global alliance to kick the world of its coal energy habit, even as U.S. President Dona...