Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to be inching closer Wednesday to cancelling Canada’s $15-billion deal to sell light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, Trudeau seemed...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump pulled some of his usual barrage of podium punches Wednesday, urging politicians of all stripes to stop attacking each other’s morals and calling on supp...

MONTREAL - A recent mishap aboard a Soyuz capsule en route to the International Space Station has done nothing to unnerve Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques about his own upcoming mission. “...

HADDONFIELD, N.J. - The woman who created a Thanksgiving staple - the green bean casserole - enjoyed by millions has died at age 92. Dorcas Reilly died on Oct. 15 of Alzheimer’s disease, said Ke...

WICHITA, Kan. - A Kansas man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the horrific abuse and slaying of a 3-year-old boy whose body was found encased in concrete in the laundry room of his home...

NEWARK, N.J. - The Situation will have more time before he starts his eight-month prison term for tax fraud. A federal judge in New Jersey ruled Monday that the “Jersey Shore” star, whose ...

TORONTO - A lawyer hired by the family of billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman says he’ll be offering an update this week on a private investigation into the pair’s murders. Brian Gr...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate target Wednesday. Here’s the text of the central bank’s announcement: The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnig...

NEW YORK - ABC News says that it is treating midterm election night coverage as if it were a presidential year, promising Wednesday to get a one-hour jump on its broadcast rivals by devoting the entir...

LONDON - Ireland’s government has approved a forensic excavation of a Catholic-run orphanage where a mass grave containing the remains of hundreds of children was discovered. Children’s Mi...