Category Archives: Canadian Press

TOKYO - For his last time, Japan’s Emperor Akihito addressed a memorial service Wednesday marking the end of World War II. Once again, he expressed “deep remorse” for the war. It was...

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - North Korea marked the anniversary of the end of World War II and its liberation from Japanese colonial rule with a series of ceremonies ahead...

HONOLULU - U.S. Army Air Corps veteran Daniel Crowley endured more than three years of slave labour while being held prisoner by Japan during World War II. This week, the 96-year-old is in Hawaii to p...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Power has been restored to all of Puerto Rico for the first time since Hurricane Maria struck nearly 11 months ago, officials said Tuesday. The island’s electric utility ...

Justifying an overhaul of its ethics code, FIFA asserted Tuesday that people who “tarnish the reputations of others” must be banned from soccer. The Associated Press revealed Monday that a...

VAUGHAN, Ont. - Canada’s Wonderland says the amusement park north of Toronto will feature a record-setting roller-coaster when it opens for the 2019 season. It’s called the Yukon Striker, ...

FREDERICTON - Thousands of police officers and first responders from across the country are expected to attend a regimental funeral Saturday for two Fredericton constables killed in the line of duty, ...

LONDON - Detectives searched several properties as they built up a profile Wednesday of a Sudan-born man who crashed a car outside Britain’s Parliament in what police are treating as an act of t...

Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 15 --- SOURCES: NEONICS ON THEIR WAY OUT IN CANADA The federal government will begin phasing out the outdoor use of nicotine-based pesticides beginning in 2...

KABUL - A suicide bomber struck a private education centre in a Shiite neighbourhood of Kabul on Wednesday where high school graduates were preparing for university entrance exams, killing 48 young me...