Category Archives: Canadian Press

Philadelphia police are “addressing” an unusual crime spree: Someone is stealing the ones and zeroes from addresses mounted on people’s homes. WTXF-TV (http://bit.ly/2cMDzy9 ) says i...

ZURICH - Doping investigator Richard McLaren’s final report on state-backed cheating in Russia is several months from completion, casting fresh doubt on the nation’s hosting of winter spor...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices edged up 0.2 per cent in August as a surge in medical care offset flat readings for food and energy. The result follows an unchanged figure in July. Core inflation, w...

AWEIL, South Sudan - More than one million refugees have fled South Sudan’s ongoing civil war, overwhelming aid agencies and creating one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. The U...

BISHOPS FALLS, N.L. - People in a small community in central Newfoundland are anxiously awaiting news about a promising young hockey player who was injured in a car crash earlier this week and is in h...

STOCKHOLM - A Swedish appeals court on Friday upheld a detention order for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, dismissing the latest attempt by the 45-year-old Australian to make prosecutors drop a rape...

OTTAWA - Consultations on electoral reform are shifting into high gear as the clock ticks down on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise that the 2015 federal election would be the last conduct...

OTTAWA - Canadians may not agree on the kind of voting system they want but Maryam Monsef says they do agree on some common principles they want to see in any electoral reform. The democratic institut...

Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- DOUBTS EXPRESSED OVER TRAVIS VADER VERDICT The long road to a conviction in the deaths of an elderly Alberta couple may take another twist to...

MONTREAL - Canada is challenging the world to step up and pledge money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday on the first day of an international donor con...