Category Archives: Canadian Press

BRAMPTON, Ont. - A company in Mississauga, Ont., has been fined $225,000 for importing and selling chemicals that harm the ozone layer. The federal government says CRC Canada pleaded guilty to two cou...

ST. LOUIS - A rock-loving orangutan named Rubih went ape on the observation windows of her St. Louis zoo enclosure, forcing nearly $200,000 in repairs and the temporary closure of the exhibit. Zookeep...

WASHINGTON - Alaska Airlines has won government approval to buy rival Virgin America after agreeing to reduce its flight-selling partnership with American Airlines. Parent company Alaska Air Group Inc...

SAPULPA, Okla. - A former Oklahoma state trooper accused of sexually assaulting women during traffic stops was sentenced Tuesday to more than eight years in prison after pleading guilty to lesser char...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The video was unambiguous: A white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black man in the back as the man ran away. But a South Carolina jury was unable to agree on a verdict in one ...

TORONTO - Chris Colabello’s turbulent two-year run with the Toronto Blue Jays came to an end Tuesday when he elected to become a free agent. The veteran first baseman helped the Blue Jays return...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An alleged senior commander in the brutal militia of fugitive warlord Joseph Kony pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 70 charges including murder, rape, sexual enslavement and using...

NEW YORK - A Bahamian man who boasted after his arrest for hacking into celebrities’ email accounts that he will someday write a book to “shake up Hollywood” had the book thrown at h...

EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton have taken a man into custody who allegedly approached two young women wearing hijabs, fashioned a noose in a rope he took from his pocket and said it was meant for them....

BRUSSELS - NATO and the European Union made a public show of unity Tuesday in the face of criticism from Donald Trump, hailing their deepening co-operation as the U.S. president-elect insists European...