Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The unknown consequences of ongoing trade tensions were “front and centre” in the Bank of Canada’s decision this week to leave its key interest rate unchanged, a top Bank of...

LOS ANGELES - The idea to hand out a popular film Oscar has been shelved for now following widespread backlash, but film academy president John Bailey says that the new category was well-intentioned i...

SURGUT, Russia - Canada settled for second in Pool B at the FINA Women’s Water Polo World Cup after a 17-3 loss to the United States on Thursday. The Americans outscored the Canadians 9-2 in the...

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has backed British claims that Vladimir Putin’s government “almost certainly” approved a poison attack against a former Russian spy and his daughter ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Country singer and “The Voice” star Blake Shelton has been appointed to the board of a foundation that will raise money for wildlife conservation in his home state of Oklah...

MONTREAL - Fans hoping to see Canadian Georges St-Pierre fight Conor McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov may be disappointed. The former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion played down reports he w...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A sarcastic sign in the window of a Connecticut restaurant asking people not to let their dogs pee on the eatery’s outside flower pot has earned the owner a $250 fine. Duc Ngu...

SAPPORO, Japan - A powerful earthquake Thursday on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido triggered dozens of landslides that crushed houses under torrents of dirt, rocks and timber, promp...

WASHINGTON - Pushing back against explosive reports his own administration is conspiring against him, President Donald Trump lashed out against the anonymous senior official who wrote a New York Times...

GUCHENG, China - They were the first photos Marip Lu had ever taken of her son, and it broke her heart to think they might be the last. The little boy was standing in their living room in rural China ...