Category Archives: Canadian Press

LYNCHBURG, Va. - As Liberty University grew from a tiny Baptist college into a touchstone institution for evangelicals, it also became a hub of conservative politics, a revolving door of politicians a...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - This time, Lewis Hamilton is not going to lose any sleep on the eve of the Formula One title decider. The defending champion is second favourite heading into Sunday&#...

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...

EDMONTON - Researcher Tristan Jones was cruising the back roads of northwestern Alberta last summer when his studies suddenly became more than academic. “It was kind of like we hit a wall of odo...

LONDON - In Britain, Big Brother just got bigger. After months of wrangling, Parliament has passed a contentious new snooping law that gives authorities - from police and spies to food regulators, fir...

BEIJING - In the shadow of east Beijing’s soaring glass skyscrapers, elderly retirees still speak nostalgically about their Cuban brothers-in-arm, faraway comrades bound by communist solidarity....

SABATTUS, Maine - In the worlds of birders and craft beer lovers, there’s a new paradigm, and it involves searching for ales along with the eagles, pairing stouts with swans and enjoying some bo...

HAVANA - Fidel Castro, who led his bearded rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in Cuba, ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Five people are dead and three others missing after a boating accident in New Zealand, according to police. Inspector Duncan Hall said that a boat carrying 11 people got into...

OTTAWA - Families of young children who repeatedly run into no-fly list snags at the airport say a federal inquiries office intended to help them has been of little or no use. The problems seem likely...