Category Archives: Canadian Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - By the tightest possible margin, the United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday rejected three nuclear disarmament cases filed by the tiny Pacific Ocean nation of the Ma...

MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. - Hurricane Matthew marched toward Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas and nearly 2 million people along the coast were urged to evacuate their homes, a mass exodus ahead of a maj...

FARMVILLE, Va. - Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine repeatedly challenged Mike Pence during Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate, attempting to tie the Indiana governor to some of Donald Trump’s most c...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police said Wednesday that a man they arrested for broadcasting pornography on an electronic billboard in the country’s capital gained access to the system after ...

Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, Oct. 5 --- VOTING BEGINS TODAY FOR NEW PQ LEADER Members of the Parti Quebecois begin voting today for a new leader to replace Pierre Karl Peladeau. More than ...

OTTAWA - China has for years tried to block Canadian diplomats from Tibet, banning some of them from visiting aid projects once funded by Canadian taxpayers, says Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dio...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s running mate earned good reviews for a smooth debate performance, with one CNN poll showing six per cent more respondents who watched Tuesday’s event declaring ...

WINNIPEG - A woman who placed the remains of six infants inside a storage locker was not hiding or disposing of them, but rather keeping them, her lawyer argued Wednesday. Greg Brodsky said his client...

MONTREAL - The lawyer for Quebec’s securities regulator questioned why the former CEO of online gaming giant Amaya never testified before a tribunal hearing to proclaim his innocence in the face...

MONTREAL - Members of the Parti Quebecois have begun voting for a new leader to replace Pierre Karl Peladeau. More than 73,200 members can vote by phone or online, until Friday at 5 p.m. eastern. The ...