Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers posted fewer jobs in October than the previous month, but job openings are still at a mostly healthy level that points to steady hiring ahead. Job openings slipped 1.8 per ...

DETROIT - Prosecutors dropped murder charges Wednesday against a man in the killing of a Detroit college police officer who was shot in the head while on duty, but did not elaborate on why they no lon...

BALTIMORE - In a story Dec. 7 about a school bus crash in Baltimore, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the driver of the school bus involved in a fatal crash in Chattanooga, Tennessee, wa...

WASHINGTON - Last week’s telephone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwan’s president was the result of six months of behind-the-scenes work by former Sen. Bob Dole acting on...

ST. ANTHONY, N.L. - The disappearance of a 38-year-old Newfoundland woman is considered suspicious and the case is a high priority for RCMP in St. Anthony, N.L., a police spokesman said Wednesday as a...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Global shares rose on Thursday following upbeat trade data from China. Investors were looking ahead to a meeting of the European Central Bank later in the day. KEEPING SCOR...

BELFAST, Ireland - A former soccer coach has been arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse after handing himself into the police in Northern Ireland. Jim McCafferty, who was involved in soccer in Scotlan...

An elderly Winnipeg man lost in the winter storm slamming southern Manitoba was found safe thanks to a man driving to work. Winnipeg police sent out a public alert for 82-year-old Charles McAulay on M...

WASHINGTON - The United States and five other Western powers called Wednesday for an immediate cease-fire in the Syrian city of Aleppo and accused Russia of blocking efforts to halt the bloodshed. In ...

OTTAWA - Winter jacket maker Moose Knuckles has reached a deal with the Competition Bureau regarding concerns over its advertising and labelling of certain parkas that are promoted as made-in-Canada. ...