Category Archives: Canadian Press

Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 9 ___ FLARE-UPS POSSIBLE AT IRVING REFINERY Residents of a Saint John, N.B., neighbourhood that was the scene of a massive oil refinery explosion have been w...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants Pope Francis to visit the officially atheist country, South Korea said Tuesday. South Korea’s presidential office said in a stat...

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - Thomas Smith says his most vivid memory of living on British Columbia’s Turnour Island was watching families leave their homes. Five decades later, images of the exodus fr...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - First, Jonathan Wright heard a loud hissing. Then he was thrown to the ground and turned to see a wall of orange, as flames surrounded him and several other workers after a massive ...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has been given an ambitious plan for closing several gaps in the social-safety net for ill and unemployed Canadians that includes creating a new program to help those w...

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy, citing rising interest rates and growing tensions over trade. The IMF said Monday that the global economy...

NEW YORK - Eagles band member Joe Walsh and his wife, Marjorie Walsh, have been honoured by the non-profit Facing Addiction with NCADD for their support of the recovery movement. The soon to be 70-yea...

CANBERRA, Australia - Starting a new life in Australia might not come with views of the Sydney Opera House or surfing at the city’s Bondi Beach with the government considering a ban on some immi...

NEW YORK - Brock Holt had one thing in mind: He was swinging for the fences. After all, the game was decided long ago. And everything else went Boston’s way all night, so why not this? The part-...

EDINBURG, Texas - Adriana Leon and Jordyn Huitema each had four goals in Canada’s dominating 12-0 victory over Cuba on Monday night in the group stage of the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup qua...