Category Archives: Canadian Press

SATURNA ISLAND, B.C. - The stranded crew of an empty container ship tied up in an international bankruptcy issue received a shipment of donated holiday cheer Tuesday, including a Christmas tree, a 20-...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Dec. 20 FEDS TO BAN OIL, GAS OFFSHORE LICENCES IN ARCTIC: The federal government says it will ban offshore oil and gas licensing in Arctic waters, a measure ...

TULTEPEC, Mexico - Relatives of workers at a fireworks market flattened by a deadly chain-reaction explosion searched hospitals for loved ones Wednesday as attention focused on apparent lax security t...

OTTAWA - Thomas Chabot is hopeful this visit to Canadian Tire Centre will go much better than his last one. The 19-year-old will get a chance to impress the Ottawa Senators, his future employers, when...

CALGARY - The federal government announced Tuesday plans to ban offshore oil and gas licensing in the Arctic, citing the need to protect the environment from future energy development, but the move wa...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Tuesday freed a Vatican monsignor convicted of leaking confidential documents to journalists, granting him a Christmas-time clemency and ending an embarrassing episode f...

NEW YORK - A Russian criminal group is running a massive fraud that has been siphoning off millions of digital advertising dollars a day for a couple of months, a firm that specializes in detecting on...

NEW YORK - The stunning image rocketed around the world, via Facebook and Twitter and other social media: an Associated Press photographer’s close-up of an agitated gunman just moments after he ...

OTTAWA - A Canadian tourist killed by Islamic extremists in Jordan. The assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey. The multiple killings of peaceful Berliners at a Christmas celebration. All o...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he would not hesitate to protect the interests - and the values - of Canadians if they clash with the agenda of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. In a year...