Category Archives: Canada

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede recorded its lowest attendance in 22 years, organizers of the event said Monday, dealing yet another blow for businesses that were hoping for an economic shot in the arm...

The World Anti-Doping Agency’s executive board wants the IOC to ban all Russian teams from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. WADA issued a seven-point list of requests after it published a report whi...

TORONTO - Members of the Canadian sport community are calling a new report that shows evidence of state-sponsored doping in Russian sport “hugely disappointing” and “devastating̶...

OTTAWA - Signing a free-trade deal with China would allow Canada to increase its exports by $7.7 billion a year, Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier said Monday. Such an agreement would a...

MONTREAL - The accused in Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooting has dismissed the notion the attack was motivated against the Parti Quebecois. Richard Henry Bain testified at his first-degree mu...

VANCOUVER - Parents and doctors questioning teens about whether they smoke should also be asking if they’re using e-cigarettes, which could be a gateway to nicotine addiction later on, says a pe...

CRAVEN, Sask. - Mounties in Saskatchewan say they’re investigating a complaint of animal cruelty at a country music festival involving a kitten. An RCMP news release said the Mounties received a...

CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put on his cowboy hats and boots one more time Saturday assuring a screaming audience at a Calgary Stampede breakfast that Albertans are picking themselves up a...

HALIFAX - Thousands of fans gave favourite son Sidney Crosby a rousing reception during a parade in Cole Harbour, N.S., on Saturday as the Pittsburgh Penguins captain showed off the Stanley Cup to his...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $50 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The two MaxMillions prizes up for grabs also went unclaimed. The jackpot for next Friday’...