Category Archives: Canadian Press

Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 8 --- CANADA-SAUDI SPAT NOW ENVELOPS STUDENTS, TRAVELLERS The diplomatic row between Canada and Saudi Arabia is now sweeping up Saudi students and some tr...

BANGSAL, Indonesia - Aid began reaching isolated areas of the Indonesian island struggling after a powerful earthquake that killed more than 130 people as rescuers intensified efforts Wednesday to fin...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News host now in charge of the Miss America Organization, says the organization needs to heal a rift that has seen 20 state groups call for her a...

PORT HARDY, B.C. - Tourists staying at a lodge on a Vancouver Island were treated to a spectacular show when a group of humpback whales visited for breakfast. Marg Leehane, co-owner of Great Bear Lodg...

CALGARY - Ryan Straschnitzki spent an hour at his second home Tuesday. The 19-year-old Albertan, who was paralyzed from the chest down in a bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team,...

TORONTO - A new report urges the Ontario government to offer incentives to psychiatrists in order to make up for a shortage it says is contributing to a growing mental health crisis across the provinc...

MOSCOW - A Ukrainian filmmaker on hunger strike in a Russian prison has become increasingly frail and his condition has worsened considerably, his lawyer and his sister said. Wednesday marks the 87th ...

Tuesday’s Games MLB American League Boston 10 Toronto 7 (10 innings) Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore 3 Texas 11 Seattle 4 Minnesota 3 Cleveland 2 N.Y. Yankees 4 Chicago White Sox 3 (13 innings) L.A. Angel...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian state TV says a gas explosion in a Tehran sports complex has killed three workers. It says the explosion in the capital happened after heating gas leaked while the workers were ...

MEXICO CITY - For a brief moment it looked like Canada had a chance to capture gold at the FIBA under-18 Women’s Americas Championship. But a strong start quickly burnt out as the United States ...