Category Archives: Canadian Press

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - After her husband was killed by a Boko Haram suicide bomber late last year, Hajjagana Mbasaru was forced to pull her children from school and rely on friends to feed them. Like ot...

Secrecy in the voting booth has become a thing of the past for those ready to share their views and daily lives on social media, but laws nationwide are mixed on the question of whether voters are all...

TRENTON, N.J. - You probably already know whether you’ll vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton on Election Day, leaving one important question to consider when you walk into your polling plac...

TORONTO - The abortion drug Mifegymiso is expected to hit the Canadian market next month. A look: WHAT IS IT? Mifegymiso, also known as RU-486, is a combination of two medications - mifepristone and m...

TORONTO - Sexual health advocates are intent on making Canada the most permissive country in the world for a heavily regulated abortion pill expected to hit shelves next month. Mifegymiso has been ava...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for Saturday night’s $13 million Lotto 649 jackpot. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lott...

LAS VEGAS - The Chicago Cubs have opened as heavy favourites to beat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. John Avello, who makes the odds at the Wynn Las Vegas, set the line Saturday night after...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times EDT): 10:30 p.m. Hillary Clinton says that Donald Trump’s recent suggestion that he would not concede if he lost the election was ...

BARRINGTON, R.I. - Women clad in yoga pants are preparing to parade through a coastal Rhode Island town, right past the house of a man who derided the attire as tacky and ridiculous . The Sunday after...

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - A small plane crash landed in a cemetery in Medicine Hat, Alta. Saturday night. Sgt. Jeff Wieschorster (WEE’-chess-ter) of the Medicine Hat Police Service said the pilot - ...