Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - An emergency intercom in the jail unit of a young Halifax man who died of a methadone overdose had been improperly disabled by guards who regarded it as a nuisance, according to a correction...

TORONTO - A Canadian group that pushed for change in the country’s screen industry amid the #MeToo movement is taking matters into its own hands after seeing a lack of action. Actresses Mia Kirs...

KABUL - The Taliban have attacked an army base in western Afghanistan, killing 17 Afghan soldiers and abducting 11 others, officials said Sunday. Ghausuddin Noorzai, the district chief in Pusht Rod, s...

VANCOUVER - Doctors with opposing views on whether medical marijuana should be prescribed for various conditions agree on one thing: their profession is ill-prepared to deal with patients asking for a...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Nepalese internet providers have begun blocking thousands of pornographic websites as part of a government directive aimed at stopping sexual violence, officials said Sunday. The go...

ASAKA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed his pledge Sunday to push for a revision to the country’s war-renouncing constitution, in which he wants the military explicitly mention...

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. - Mourners at a funeral for four sisters and their family members killed in a New York limousine crash were assured Saturday that their loved ones can still see their tears and feel th...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Somalia on Sunday marked the first anniversary of one of the world’s deadliest attacks since 9-11, a truck bombing in the heart of Mogadishu that killed well over 500 people, wh...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s president on Sunday tried to downplay U.S. sanctions targeting the country’s vital oil and gas sector that are set to be restored next month. Speaking in Tehran Unive...

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened “very painful blows” against Gaza’s Hamas rulers if they don’t halt protests along the perimeter fenc...