Category Archives: Canadian Press

WINNIPEG - This little piggy is staying home - for now. Podgy the pot-bellied pig has been granted a reprieve by officials in Winnipeg. The city ruled earlier this year that Podgy wasn’t a pet a...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - South American nations say they have suspended Venezuela from the Mercosur trade group over its failure to comply with its commitments when it joined the group in 2012. Argen...

A Canadian couple is among the victims of a wildfire that ravaged the Smoky Mountains resort city of Gatlinburg, Tenn. John Tegler and Marilyn Tegler, both in their 70s, are among 13 people who have d...

OTTAWA - Sentencing for a suspended RCMP counterterrorism officer and his wife, both found guilty in the severe abuse of an 11-year-old boy, has been put off. The officer, who cannot be identified und...

PORTLAND, Ore. - A 4-year-old macaw named “Bird” is an instant celebrity after appearing in a posed booking mug shot in Oregon with his unfortunate owner. Craig Buckner left Bird in a tree...

WASHINGTON - Breaking once more from presidential custom, Donald Trump is turning to a military man to steer the U.S. military, choosing retired Gen. James Mattis, who will be the first career officer...

WASHINGTON - When Donald Trump named his Treasury secretary, Teena Colebrook felt her heart sink. She had voted for the president-elect on the belief that he would knock the moneyed elites from their ...

ZURICH - Canadian coach John Herdman and captain Christine Sinclair were shut out of the shortlists for FIFA’s annual awards Friday. Both were in the original list of 10 candidates for female co...

MONACO - The world’s fastest man is slowing down. Usain Bolt again said he doesn’t plan to run the 200 metres in his final season, realizing that his world record of 19.19 seconds is now l...

The Latest on the fatal shooting of Saskatchewan Roughriders running back Joe McKnight (all times local): 3:30 p.m. In a mostly sombre New York Jets locker room, former teammates remembered slain form...