Category Archives: Canadian Press

BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces battled Islamic State fighters for a third day in a remote western town far from Mosul on Tuesday, but the U.S.-led coalition insisted the latest in a series of “spoiler a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The founder of a Rhode Island youth football team says its season is ending early after the coach put a man into a game against 13- and 14-year-old players. Capital City Buccaneers ...

CALGARY - From a chart on his computer screen at GrowSafe Systems Ltd., co-CEO Camiel Huisma can describe not only how much a certain cow ate today but how quickly it ate and how much it weighs. The a...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Republican governors of Illinois and Ohio are betting cases of beer, pizza and other ballpark favourites on the World Series beginning Tuesday between the Cubs and the Indians. On...

NEW YORK - Grammy-winning a cappella group Pentatonix will sing the opening theme song for NBC’s “Thursday Night Football.” NBC said Tuesday that Pentatonix will sing the track ̶...

SPOKANE, Wash. - U.S. wildlife officials say a grey wolf that left its pack in northeastern Washington trekked more than 1,100 kilometres across Idaho and Canada before being shot in central Montana l...

HALIFAX - Atlantic Canada needs a deal to reduce regulatory and trade barriers for areas as basic as the rules on trucks that carry goods around the region, says a report by an economic think tank. Th...

OTTAWA - Dozens of delegates at a youth labour forum turned their backs Tuesday on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, using body language to express their frustrations with everything from global warming ...

VANCOUVER - British Airways says a plane travelling from San Francisco to London diverted to Vancouver after members of the crew reported feeling ill. The airline said 22 crew members and about two pa...

WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices climbed at a solid pace in August as more home buyers competed for fewer available properties. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price i...