Category Archives: Canadian Press

BAGHDAD - The stench of death drew Iraqi soldiers to the unsettled plot of land freshly liberated from Islamic State fighters. When a bulldozer scraped the ground, bones poked from just beneath the su...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The newspaper that serves Fort McMurray is bracing for more change six months after a wildfire forced its staff to flee the northern Alberta city along with more than 80,000 oth...

LONDON - Who is Meghan Markle? For one, the American actress known for her portrayal of a paralegal in the television show, “Suits” has now been described by Kensington Palace as Prince Ha...

CALGARY - The lawyer for a man being retried after a judge’s controversial remarks in a sexual assault case has suggested his client’s penis size may have played a role in whether the woma...

NEW YORK - California, Massachusetts and Nevada voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, giving a huge boost to the campaign to allow pot nationwide. Six more states also voted on marijuan...

TORONTO - They suffered more casualties than any other Canadian regiment on the Allied Western Front during the Second World War. Now, their stories are being told in the docu-drama “Black Watch...

BERLIN - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday he never intended to influence the U.S. presidential election by publishing copies of emails linked to Hillary Clinton and suggested he would do ...

WINNIPEG - An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease may have been exposed to the Ebola virus. Dr. John Copps says the employee was working with six infected pigs Monday and notice...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A commission of inquiry looking into the death of a Newfoundland man who was shot in his home by police has postponed the release of a series of reports, saying the delay is n...

MANAMA, Bahrain - Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrived Tuesday in the tiny island nation of Bahrain and met with its king and crown prince as part of their three-nation Gulf tou...