Category Archives: Canadian Press

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and others agreed to a $2.5 million settlement to end their part of a lawsuit brought over Rhode Island’s disastrous $75 million deal wit...

NEWARK, N.J. - Stephen Colbert (kohl-BEHR’) and John Oliver will join forces for an event that will benefit a New Jersey film festival. The Nov. 19 event at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center...

Confidence among U.S. homebuilders has surged to the highest level in nearly a year, reflecting a brighter outlook for sales now and into 2017. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo bu...

NEW YORK - Another city, another Syria meeting. Another failure. Tuesday’s gathering of the top U.S. and Russian diplomats, and more than a dozen of their Arab and European counterparts, ended w...

TORONTO - Mike Babcock doesn’t want Team Canada getting “fat” after opening the World Cup of Hockey with a one-sided victory over the Czech Republic. Overconfidence can be dangerous ...

SUDBURY, Mass. - A historic Massachusetts inn that inspired poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and was once owned by automotive pioneer Henry Ford wants its stuff back - no questions asked. Longfellow...

DUDLEY, England - Troubled former England player Paul Gascoigne has pleaded guilty to a racially aggravated public order offence and has been fined. The ex-Tottenham and Lazio midfielder admitted used...

OTTAWA - The country’s former chief statistician is casting doubt on the Liberal government’s promised commitments to Statistics Canada based on its handling of an issue that forced his su...

World leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more co-ordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and sparked divisions from Africa to Europe....

HALIFAX - The candidates for Halifax’s highest municipal office have agreed to ditch lawn signs as a way of sending a message that political campaigns shouldn’t produce unnecessary waste. ...