Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - More than a month after North Korea pledged to immediately return some American war dead, the promise is unfulfilled. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who travelled to Pyongyang this month...

NEW YORK - Denying the Holocaust happened is probably OK on Facebook. Calling for a mob to kill Jews is not. Mark Zuckerberg’s awkward and eyebrow-raising attempt this week to explain where Face...

BAMAKO, Mali - As deadly attacks by extremists become more brazen in Mali, officials and citizens fear this month’s presidential election will be at risk from growing insecurity. A branch of al-...

HONOLULU - Stunning images of Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano have captivated people around the world. But ironically it’s nearly impossible for residents and visitors on the ground to s...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s prime minister on Thursday called on Pope Francis to fire an Australian archbishop who is the most senior Roman Catholic cleric ever convicted for covering up c...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Farmers rushed to save their livelihoods as a wildfire roared through vast Oregon wheat fields Thursday and crushed their hopes at the peak of what was expected to be one of the most ...

Six stories in the news for Thursday, July 19 --- PREMIERS SET TO OPEN TWO DAYS OF MEETINGS The federal carbon pricing policy is expected to be a key topic as the premiers open two days of talks today...

OTTAWA - Thousands of Indigenous families living on-reserve will miss out on a boost to the Canada Child Benefit when the more lucrative payments hit parents’ bank accounts Friday, even as Liber...

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. - Opposition to Ottawa’s carbon pricing regime overshadowed talks concerning trade issues during the first day of meetings between Canada’s premiers in New Brunswick. Ont...

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A Montreal-area police officer was found guilty Thursday of dangerous driving causing the death of a five-year-old boy in 2014. Nicholas Thorne-Belance was a passenger in his father&...