Category Archives: Canadian Press

DALLAS - The exclusive Dallas boys’ prep school that Richard B. Spencer attended is denouncing the activities and ideas of its white nationalist alumnus. St. Mark’s School of Texas headmas...

MODESTO, Calif. - Video of a brawl among deal-hunting shoppers at a crowded Northern California mall has been getting nationwide attention. The Modesto Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2fFCMhD ) that the vi...

TORONTO - Newly crowned UFC lightweight champion (The Notorious) Conor McGregor has relinquished the featherweight title with rival Jose Aldo taking over as 145-pound title-holder, a move that has ram...

ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities detained two reporters working for foreign news organizations in southeast Turkey, the latest journalists taken into custody as part of the government’s sweeping c...

WASHINGTON - The Cuban government must move toward enacting greater freedoms for its people and giving Americans something in return if it wants to keep warmer U.S. relations initiated by President Ba...

SAPPORO, Japan - Olympic and world champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada set a record score to win the ice dance event at the NHK Trophy on Sunday and qualify for the figure skating Grand Pr...

OTTAWA - A senior official in the federal labour program was told earlier this year that a federal ban on the use of replacement workers during strikes could potentially increase the frequency and dur...

STOCKHOLM - Sweden’s Christmas Goat - a giant decorative goat made of straw and wood - didn’t last long on its 50th anniversary. The straw goat, an annual Yuletide tradition in the city of...

AMHERST, Mass. - Veterans are planning a protest at a western Massachusetts college facing criticism from around the country for its decision to stop flying U.S. flags after students allegedly burned ...

ATLANTA - Beaver dams have been demolished, burbling fountains silenced, and the drinking water in one southern town has taken on the light brownish colour of sweet tea. Though water shortages have ye...