Category Archives: Canadian Press

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The leaders of Japan and the United States sought to remind the world that even the most bitter enemies can become allies, during a historic pilgrimage to the hallowed waters of...

RENO, Nev. - A trio of significant earthquakes that struck a remote part of western Nevada early Wednesday were big enough to cause as much as $1 billion in damage if they had been centred beneath a b...

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Dec. 28 --- STILL NO SIGN OF MISSING HIKERS ON B.C. MOUNTAIN A search will resume at first light for two hikers missing since Monday on B.C.’s Cypress Mou...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean investigators on Wednesday detained the country’s former health minister as they expand their inquiry into a corruption scandal involving impeached Presi...

PALM BEACH, Fla. - After weeks of giving only brief comments to the media, Donald Trump made a series of public statements Wednesday, applauding the return of 8,000 jobs to the U.S. and hailing his di...

TORONTO - Here is a list of Canada’s biggest weather stories of the year as compiled by the country’s top meteorologists. 1. Wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alta. 2. Super El Nino cancels winte...

TORONTO - The “beast” of a wildfire that charred Fort McMurray, Alta., was named Canada’s biggest weather story of the year in an annual list compiled by the country’s top mete...

BERLIN - Germany’s agriculture minister is calling for a ban on names such as “vegetarian schnitzel” for meat substitute products, which he argues are misleading. Christian Schmidt t...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Following a year of deadly confrontations between police and citizens across the U.S., police in Alaska’s capital city are spearheading a campaign to turn 2017 into a communi...

BEIRUT - Turkey and Russia are discussing a broader Syrian cease-fire after brokering the deal that evacuated rebel-held eastern Aleppo, Syrian opposition factions said Wednesday, but a number of rebe...