Category Archives: Canadian Press

CHICAGO - Voters in highly populated areas of Illinois will have fewer options to register on Election Day this November after a federal judge on Tuesday temporarily halted broader registration rules ...

Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was a patron at a Miami River bar and restaurant the same night he and two friends were killed in a boat crash, a spokeswoman for the establishment confirmed Tuesd...

TORONTO - It seems like madness now, but six years ago, a fiery debate about the future of the Canadiens crease raged in Montreal. Carey Price had not yet become the top goalie in the sport, nudged as...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa police are now treating the death of award-winning Inuit artist as suspicious. The body of Ottawa resident Annie Pootoogook, 46, was discovered last week in the Rideau River, off a...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will spend up to $1 million to provide free second-language training for unemployed adults. Premier Brian Gallant made the announcement Tuesday, saying many ...

DETROIT - The fastest-growing part of the U.S. auto market is getting another new vehicle. Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep brand unveiled a redesigned Jeep Compass compact SUV at a factory in Brazil Monday...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence rose in September to the highest level in nine years. The Conference Board says that its consumer confidence index rose to 104.1, up from 101.8 in August. It was ...

OTTAWA - The government hasn’t done enough to protect the privacy of “law-abiding Canadians” from new information-sharing powers in the omnibus security legislation known as C-51, sa...

HALIFAX - A firefighter has won compensation after enduring abuse and equipment tampering at a Halifax naval base because he is gay. The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal says the unidentifi...

WARSAW, Poland - Taking a toy from a bear can be dangerous, especially when the toy is a mortar grenade. Malgorzata Chodyla, spokeswoman for a zoo in Poznan, in western Poland, told The Associated Pre...