Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The pay “fiasco” affecting federal government employees was largely the result of a bureaucratic culture of avoiding responsibility that will require closer political oversight be...

SEATTLE - A federal judge on Tuesday stopped the release of blueprints to make untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed plastic guns as President Donald Trump questioned whether his administration shou...

NEWPORT, R.I. - In a story July 28 about a deal to keep two renowned music festivals in Newport, The Associated Press erroneously reported when the first festival was held. The Newport Jazz Festival b...

EAGAN, Minn. - The Minnesota Vikings have secured yet another core player with a long-term contract, signing wide receiver Stefon Diggs to a five-year extension and moving the star of the “Minne...

TORONTO - Canadian rockers Billy Talent will host a benefit concert next month in Toronto to support the victims of the deadly shooting on Danforth Avenue. The band say they’ll join fellow music...

PHILADELPHIA - The mayor of Philadelphia and Jay-Z have apparently made up after the Made In America Festival controversy earlier this month. Mayor Jim Kenney tweeted a photo of himself with Jay-Z bef...

ALLEN PARK, Mich. - Luke Willson grew up in one of the few Canadian regions where the CFL held little relevance. T.J. Jones grew up Canadian entirely because of the CFL. Together, these two unique Can...

BANGKOK - Thailand will host the 2018 Miss Universe beauty pageant, organizers said Tuesday. The Miss Universe Organization said in a statement that it has granted “sole proprietorship” to...

LONDON - The Royal Navy rescued the Manchester Arena suicide bomber and his younger brother from the civil war in Libya three years before he killed 22 people at the Ariana Grande pop concert. Britain...

WASHINGTON - U.S. workers saw their annual wages and benefits rise in the second quarter at the fastest pace in nearly a decade, a sign that the low unemployment rate is forcing employers to raise pay...