Category Archives: Canadian Press

PICTOU, N.S. - The picturesque harbour town of Pictou, N.S., has had an uneasy relationship with its job-rich, toxin-spewing neighbour almost since it opened in 1967. Now, the Northern Pulp mill is fa...

LONDON - Britain’s government says it does not intend to refer U.S. media conglomerate Comcast’s22 billion pound ($30.7 billion) takeover offer for London-based Sky to competition authorit...

PARIS - Actresses Brigitte Bardot and Sophie Marceau are leading French campaigns for mandatory cameras in slaughterhouses and a ban on the sale of eggs from caged hens. The debate on a farming and fo...

HALIFAX - The start date for the construction of Canada’s only commercial spaceport has been pushed back, a developer said following meetings at the proposed rocket launch site near a small fish...

VANCOUVER - As marijuana farmers in Oregon say a flood of supply is killing their businesses less than three years after recreational cannabis was legalized, economists say it’s a warning to Can...

LONDON - Police in Northern Ireland have arrested two men in the death of a German backpacker 30 years ago, after much-publicized appeals on the anniversary of the teenager’s death yielded a bre...

JERUSALEM - Paraguay opened its new embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, following in the footsteps of the United States and Guatemala. President Horacio Cartes dedicated the embassy, making Paraguay the t...

KABUL - An Afghan official says the Taliban killed at least five members of a demining team in southern Kandahar province. Zia Durrani, spokesman for the provincial police chief, says a sixth worker i...

BESSEMER CITY, N.C. - A man suffering from severe mental illness left a meal with his family and then drove his sport utility vehicle at high speed into the restaurant, killing his daughter and daught...

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas has more than 1.2 million licensed handgun owners who can openly carry their weapons in public. The state hosted the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting two weeks a...