Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans who signed contracts to purchase homes edged up slightly in October, a sign that the housing market remains on sure footing after solid price and sales gains this ...

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - A doctor who fled war-torn Iraq a decade ago has been charged with voyeurism after staff at a Nova Scotia medical clinic were surreptitiously filmed while using the washroom. Dr. R...

TOKYO - Hoping to avoid last-minute financial pressures, Japanese officials said Wednesday they are determined to keep total costs of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games below 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) a...

BERN, Switzerland - Swiss authorities say their criminal investigation into FIFA has expanded and former secretary general Urs Linsi is a suspect. The case relates to Germany’s staging of the 20...

LONDON - Someday, somehow, soccer will likely return at Chapecoense. Through the grieving and after the funerals of the 19 team members who died in a plane crash, soccer will probably be played again,...

BRUSSELS - Next time you raise a glass of Belgian beer, rest assured: It’s a cultural experience. UNESCO added Belgian beer to the list of the “Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityR...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumers boosted their spending again in October, while their incomes increased at the fastest clip in six months. A key gauge of inflation watched by the Federal Reserve posted the...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia approved a new $21 million, Halifax-area school despite evidence it wasn’t needed, the auditor general said Wednesday in a report that slammed the province for poor plannin...

HAVANA - Surrounded by white roses and drawn by a green military jeep, Fidel Castro’s ashes began a more than 500-mile (800-kilometre) journey on Wednesday across the country he ruled for nearly...

NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump declared Wednesday he will leave his business empire behind to focus on his presidency. But the prospect that he could simply shift more control to three of his...