Category Archives: Canadian Press

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- REBOUND IN JOBS NUMBERS EXPECTED Economists expect a rebound in Canada’s August jobs numbers today after a sharp drop the previous month...

OTTAWA - The roller-coaster Canadian job market roared higher in August, climbing back from its July plunge, but economists cautioned the longer-term trend for growth remains sluggish. The economy cre...

CALGARY - A federal judge has apologized for “rude and insulting” comments he made at a sexual-assault trial where he asked the complainant why she couldn’t keep her knees together. ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - For months, Hillary Clinton’s supporters have griped that she’s held to a higher, harder standard than Donald Trump. After Wednesday night’s forum on national se...

CHAMONIX, France - Dozens of tourists, including three children, were rescued Friday after being trapped overnight in cable cars dangling above the slopes of Mont Blanc in the Alps. Their return to la...

WASHINGTON - Get ready: Voting in the 2016 election is now underway. Advance voting begins Friday in North Carolina, the first of 37 states that will allow balloting by mail for any reason or in perso...

WASHINGTON - Since returning from their summer recess, House conservatives have wasted no time showing just how tough they can make life for Speaker Paul Ryan - and for Democrat Hillary Clinton, if sh...

NOME, Alaska - The giant luxury cruise liner was anchored just off Nome, too hulking to use the Bering Sea community’s docks on its inaugural visit. Instead, its more than 900 passengers piled i...

NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. - An American Indian tribe’s attempt to halt construction of an oil pipeline near its North Dakota reservation failed in federal court Friday, but ...

Thursday’s Games World Cup of Hockey Exhibition At Helsinki, Finland Finland 3 Sweden 2 (overtime) At Moscow Russia 4 Czech Republic 3 At Quebec City North America 4 Europe 0 — NFL Denver ...