Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia, a family doctor and community leader, as a senator for Newfoundland and Labrador. Ravalia fled apartheid-era Zimbabwe and se...

TORONTO - Only the New Democrats can prevent the Progressive Conservatives under Doug Ford from forming government in Ontario next week, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said Friday in her most direct pitch ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee is accused of inappropriately touching and making lewd comments toward a hotel shuttle driver while in Buffalo for the NHL’s s...

BERLIN - Two lions, two tigers, a jaguar and a bear broke out of their cages in a western German zoo on Friday after heavy rains flooded the area and damaged their enclosures, sparking a massive searc...

DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa judge agreed Friday to temporarily block the most restrictive abortion law in the country under an agreement between the state and abortion rights groups. Attorneys for the ...

NEW YORK - Facebook is shutting down its ill-fated “trending” news section after four years, a company executive told The Associated Press. The company claims the tool is outdated and wasn...

WASHINGTON - Melania Trump stayed behind while the president left on a weekend getaway Friday, making it 22 days since she last appeared in public. President Donald Trump boarded the presidential heli...

PARIS - Talented and pegged-for-success as Alexander Zverev might be, there he was in the French Open’s main stadium Friday, on the precipice of a third-round defeat and yet another Grand Slam d...

OTTAWA - Canada Post and its biggest union have been given until the end of August to reach an agreement in a long-standing pay equity dispute that could end up costing the post office millions of dol...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted co-operation in a speech before Canada’s municipal leaders in Halifax on Friday, although he offered nothing new to address their concerns. The cou...