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Darche returning to Super Bowl as team doctor with Kansas City Chiefs
J.P. Darche is returning to the Super Bowl. The former long-snapper will head to Miami with the Kansas City Chiefs as one of their team doctors. The 44-year-old native of St-Laurent, Qu...
Jan 24, 2020

McGill's 'Dr. Death' takes unconventional journey to Super Bowl
Former McGill University football coach Sonny Wolfe realized immediately he had something special in Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. At six foot five and 275 pounds in 2010, Duvernay-Tardif was an impre...
Jan 24, 2020

Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary
WARSAW, Poland - Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany's death camps. Tha...
Jan 24, 2020

Death toll from storm in Spain reaches 12, more missing
MADRID - Authorities in Spain say the death toll from a storm that devastated the eastern part of the country this week has risen to at least 12 with rescuers searching for several missing persons. Em...
Jan 24, 2020

'I'm better than that': Serena stunned at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Down to what sure felt like her last chance, Serena Williams came through with a cross-court forehand winner to close a 24-stroke point, then raised her arms, held that celebrat...
Jan 24, 2020

Flights resume after blizzard and analyzing bird poop; In The News for Jan. 22
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 22 ... What we are wa...
Jan 24, 2020

Jagmeet Singh says NDP wants exhaustive review of new NAFTA before ratification
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he wants to take a "thoughtful approach" to ratifying Canada's new North American trade deal, calling for an exhaustive review of the agreement before&...
Jan 24, 2020

Coronavirus lockdown and a return to the Super Bowl; In The News for Jan. 24
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 24 ... What we are wa...
Jan 24, 2020

Fraud case against Meng is straightforward, Crown argues at extradition hearing
VANCOUVER - Lawyers representing the Canadian attorney general say the fraud case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is not complicated and a judge should commit the woman for extradition to t...
Jan 24, 2020

Volkswagen ordered to pay $196.5M in emissions scandal
TORONTO - Volkswagen was ordered Wednesday to pay $196.5 million to the Canadian government for importing cars that secretly violated the country's emissions standards, a record-setting fine an Ontari...
Jan 24, 2020