Category Archives: Canadian Press

CALGARY - Adam Turnbull has been catching fish in the South Saskatchewan River for 17 years and had never seen anything like it. Turnbull, 28, was reeling in a northern pike near his home in Medicine ...

AMSTERDAM - A ban on group-powered pedicabs that are popular with inebriated tourists and stag parties has taken effect in the busiest sections of downtown Amsterdam. The ban on so-called “beer ...

GENEVA - In a landmark verdict that indicates Russia conspired to run a doping program at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, a cross-country skier who won a gold medal was disqualified by the IOC on Wednesday. ...

Tim Parker remembers feeling pretty good after the Vancouver Whitecaps secured a scoreless road draw with the Portland Timbers in the first game of their Western Conference semifinal in 2015. Sure, th...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government will decide the future of the Site C hydroelectric dam by the end of the year after an independent review concluded the $8.3 billion megaproject is over budg...

TORONTO - The launch of CIBC’s new Simplii Financial direct banking brand on Wednesday has not gone exactly to plan, as some customers are finding glitches with the new offering. The bank (TSX:C...

BOGOTA - Colombia’s demobilized guerilla movement nominated Rodrigo Londono on Wednesday to run for president in the South American nation’s election next year, keeping the former top comm...

NEW YORK - Michael Oreskes was ousted Wednesday as National Public Radio’s news chief following accusations by two women that he suddenly kissed them while they were discussing job prospects whe...

TORONTO - Canada’s look for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic hockey tournaments has been unveiled. Three versions of the jersey - in white, red, and black - were revealed today for the national m...

EDMONTON - The Canadian prairies top a newly developed index of places where wildfires could create freshwater supply risks. “We are a population depending on water coming from a fire-prone area...