Category Archives: Canadian Press

Calgary’s economy is looking good as Stampede spirit grips Canada’s oil and gas headquarters city - but not quite as good as it was a few years ago. The annual outdoor event set an attenda...

CAIRO - A decision by Egypt’s new health minister to have intercoms in state hospitals play the national anthem every morning, followed by a recitation of the Hippocratic oath, has set off a sto...

ANOKA, Minn. - A 9-year-old English bulldog has died just weeks after winning the 2018 World’s Ugliest Dog contest. Owner Megan Brainard of Anoka, Minnesota, told NBC’s “Today ”...

CALGARY - A chuckwagon driver is in hospital after he fell from his rig during a race at the Calgary Stampede’s Rangeland Derby. The Stampede says in a release that Obrey Motowylo suffered undis...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A second person has been arrested in the June shooting death of emerging rap star XXXTentacion, authorities in Florida announced Wednesday. Michael Boatwright, 22, is facing fi...

SAGUENAY, Canada - A courthouse clerk in Quebec has been charged with stealing money from a judge’s wallet in her office. Authorities allege the woman took about $150 in the incident in Saguenay...

The family of a man who died after an encounter with police in a city about 100 kilometres north of Toronto is demanding the officers involved face charges. About 50 people attended a rally Wednesday ...

LONDON - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox increased Wednesday its bid to take full control of lucrative European pay TV service Sky in a prolonged battle with U.S. rival Comcast. Fo...

NEW YORK - Whitney Houston’s mother says allegations that her superstar daughter and her son were molested by her niece, Dee Dee Warwick, are “unfathomable.” In a statement to People...

ATLANTA - The lawyer for the ex-girlfriend of NFL star LeSean McCoy says the Buffalo Bills running back orchestrated an attack that left her bloody amid attempts to get her to leave his suburban Atlan...