Category Archives: Canadian Press

BEIRUT - Syrian activists say Russian and Syrian aircraft have stepped up their assaults on the rebel-held province of Idlib, a day after air raids killed more than 60 people. The activist-run Local C...

HELSINKI - A gunman in Finland killed a local town councillor and two journalists in an apparent random shooting in a small town’s nightlife district, police said Sunday. A local man was detaine...

MIAMI - A nearly 6-foot tall 138 pound giraffe has been born at Zoo Miami. The yet unnamed female giraffe is the 50th that has been born at the zoo, which is located in Miami-Dade County. According to...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - With a 10-minute phone call and two tweets, Donald Trump inspired banner headlines and renewed hopes across Taiwan for a stronger partnership with the United States, while also inflam...

TORONTO - Two winning tickets were sold for Saturday night’s $25 million Lotto 649 jackpot. One was purchased in Ontario and the other in Quebec - each being worth almost $12.4 million. The winn...

Saturday’s Games NHL N.Y. Rangers 4 Carolina 2 Boston 2 Buffalo 1 Philadelphia 3 Chicago 1 New Jersey 5 Nashville 4 (OT) Tampa Bay 2 Washington 1 (SO) Winnipeg 3 St. Louis 2 (OT) Vancouver 3 Tor...

SANTIAGO, Cuba - A wooden box containing Fidel Castro’s ashes was placed by his brother and successor on Sunday into the side of a granite boulder that has become Cuba’s only official monu...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian rescuers on Sunday recovered body parts in the sea where a police plane with 13 people aboard is believed to have crashed the previous day. The light aircraft lost cont...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Green Party-backed campaign changed its strategy to force a statewide recount of Pennsylvania’s Nov. 8 presidential election, won by Republican Donald Trump, and said late Sa...

EDMONTON - Connor McDavid gets most of the attention, but he isn’t the only youngster on the Edmonton Oilers making an impact right now. Leon Draisaitl scored his 10th goal of the season 3:16 in...