Category Archives: Canadian Press

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Irving Oil says Canada’s largest oil refinery will begin a $135 million tune-up next week that will utilize 2,400 workers over six weeks. Mark Sherman, chief operating officer...

LONDON - A suburban London house that starred onscreen as Harry Potter’s childhood home is on the market. Fans of the boy wizard will recognize 12 Picket Post Close as 4 Privet Drive, home of Ha...

BENGHAZI, Libya - Libyan authorities said Tuesday they were searching for two Italians and a Canadian abducted at gunpoint near the Algerian border, while another official said three North Koreans kid...

NEW YORK - Troubled theme park operator SeaWorld says it will soon stop paying its shareholders a quarterly dividend. SeaWorld, known for its water shows featuring killer whales and dolphins, has been...

ATHENS, Greece - Authorities on the island of Lesbos called for the immediate evacuation Tuesday of thousands of refugees to the Greek mainland after fires started by rioting residents gutted a detent...

BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces have launched a new military operation to recapture a key town north of Baghdad from the Islamic State group. The push to take Shirqat is backed by paramilitary troops, mostly S...

NEW YORK - Investigators of last weekend’s bombings have released an image of two men who took a suitcase they found on a city street, possibly without realizing a wired pressure cooker they rem...

WASHINGTON - Homebuilders pulled back on construction in the South, causing the pace of August housing starts nationwide to fall to their lowest level in three months. Despite the monthly decline, con...

KENANSVILLE, N.C. - Donald Trump is spending a lot of time in this critical presidential swing state, but he campaigned Tuesday evening far from cities like Charlotte and Raleigh where many candidates...

World leaders gathered at the United Nations pledged Tuesday to take in 360,000 refugees next year, President Barack Obama said, roughly doubling the previous year’s allowance in a bid to mitiga...