Category Archives: Canadian Press

BOSTON - Simone Biles is not here to save gymnastics. Or at least USA Gymnastics. The reigning Olympic champion understands how bumpy of a ride it has been for her sport’s national governing bod...

HAWTHORNE, N.Y. - Amid the serene graves at Gate of Heaven Cemetery sits the one where visitors leave baseballs and bats instead of bouquets, tributes to a baseball superstar who still outshines other...

OTTAWA - “I think any time you have a government that allows 30,000 people over the course of a short period of time to come into Canada illegally, the impact that that has, that is a crisis....

FREDERICTON - Hundreds of mourners lined up in downtown Fredericton on Thursday for an emotional public visitation for two city police constables killed in the line of duty. Constables Robb Costello a...

KAMPALA, Uganda - A pop singer and prominent critic of Uganda’s government was charged with unlawful possession of firearms in a military court on Thursday for his alleged role in clashes in whi...

BAMAKO, Mali - Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won a second five-year term in the turbulent West African nation with more than 67 per cent of the vote in a runoff election, the Ministry ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - One of Australia’s most famous movie directors testified Thursday in Cambodia at the trial of a filmmaking countryman facing a possible prison term of five to 10 years for...

Eight stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 16 --- BERNIER DOESN’T SPEAK FOR PARTY: SCHEER Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is under pressure to kick Maxime Bernier out of caucus after the mav...

OTTAWA - With threats of devastating U.S. tariffs hanging over the auto sector, Canada’s economic development minister says Ottawa is considering every possible way it could respond if the Trump...

CALGARY - The mother of a terminally ill Calgary boy who requires around-the-clock care says she is being hassled by neighbours over street parking. Melissa Huitema has a team of nurses and other prof...