Category Archives: Canadian Press

FREDERICTON - The lawyer for a Fredericton man, accused of killing four people, including two city police officers in a shooting spree this month, says he expects to eventually enter pleas of not guil...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Iran warned Monday that re-imposed U.S. sanctions would cripple its economy and plunge the volatile Middle East deeper into crisis as it urged the United Nations’ highes...

PHOENIX - Sen. John McCain expressed his deep gratitude and love of country in his final letter and implored Americans to put aside “tribal rivalries” and focus on what unites. Rick Davis,...

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron pushed Monday for Europe to take more responsibility for its own defence, saying the continent’s security shouldn’t rely so much on the United Stat...

CANBERRA, Australia - The first asylum seeker boat has reached Australia in more than four years, a government minister said Monday, as new concerns were raised about the psychological state of childr...

HANOI, Vietnam - Sen. John McCain’s Vietnamese jailer said he respected his former inmate and felt sad about his death, as others in Vietnam paid their respects to the former U.S. Navy pilot who...

TORONTO - A&W’s “Burgers to Beat MS” campaign, spearheaded by Christine Sinclair, raised more than $1.9 million this year. It’s the second year the Canadian soccer captain,...

HALIFAX - Ottawa has posted a tender asking engineering firms to assess how climate change and extreme weather will affect some of Atlantic Canada’s major ferry terminals, airports and the Confe...

KAMPALA, Uganda - To chants of “People power! Our power!” Ugandan pop star turned government critic Bobi Wine was freed on bail Monday, ending days of incarceration during which he and som...

Five stories in the news for Monday, Aug. 27 --- B.C. WILDFIRE SEASON SECOND WORST IN HISTORY A year after the worst season for wildfires in British Columbia’s history, government statistics ind...