Category Archives: Canadian Press

HARVEY, La. - The shooting death of a CFL player in a New Orleans suburb was a “road rage” incident that began on a nearby bridge, a sheriff said Friday, as he urged against a rush to judg...

Former NFL player Joe McKnight was shot to death following an argument at an intersection with another motorist outside New Orleans, authorities said. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is urging Canadian officials to reverse a pricing policy that’s designed to discourage Canadian cheesemakers from using imported, ultra-filtered milk ...

MANILA, Philippines - Chinese coast guard ships have rescued two Filipino fishermen in bad weather at a disputed shoal and handed them back Friday to the Philippines in a show of how President Rodrigo...

MOSCOW - Russia’s main domestic security agency says unspecified foreign special services are plotting a series of cyber attacks aimed at destabilizing the nation’s financial system. The F...

Charges in a long-running case over the abduction of prized sheep from an Ontario farm were stayed this week, after a judge found there had been unreasonable delays in bringing the matter to trial. Th...

OTTAWA - Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government can learn a lot from some business leaders about how to include more women in their ranks, beyond setting a quota and hoping f...

CALGARY - Loved ones of an 85-year-old man accused of murdering his wife of 56 years say they are relieved Siegfried van Zuiden has been deemed unfit to stand trial. But close family friends said Frid...

Four stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 2 --- DODGE SAYS HIGHER RATES COULD HELP ECONOMY Former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge says the world economy might be better off if policy-makers bumped...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Europol warned Friday that the Islamic State group could launch fresh attacks in Europe in the near future, and the agency’s director said police forces across the conti...