Category Archives: Canadian Press

WATERLOO, Ont. - A Canadian scientist who became only the third woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics said her personal triumph doubles as a sign of progress for her male-dominated industry. Donna ...

KABUL - A suicide bomber struck an election rally in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people and wounding around 40, a provincial official said. The attac...

BIRMINGHAM, England - Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson revved up Britain’s Conservative Party Tuesday and ramped up pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May, condemning her proposed divorce ...

PARIS - French authorities on Tuesday froze the assets of the internal security section of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry as well as those of two Iranians, and all but pointed a finger at Tehran a...

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 2 ___ COALITION PARTY WINS MAJORITY IN QUEBEC Quebecers charted a new course for their province Monday by giving the seven-year-old Coalition Avenir Quebec a...

VANCOUVER - Investors have given final approval for a massive liquefied national gas project in northern British Columbia. The five partners have agreed to the $40-billion joint venture that includes ...

OTTAWA - Here is a timeline of key events that sparked the 14-month renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, leading to Sunday’s historic breakthrough with the creation of the n...

OTTAWA - Irregular border crossers being housed temporarily in hotels in Toronto will have their stays extended by four weeks while officials continue to search for a longer-term solution. The hotel r...

QUEBEC - The day after a momentous election victory in which he re-drew Quebec’s political map, Premier-designate Francois Legault sought on Tuesday to reassure Quebecers and other Canadians unc...

MONTREAL - The Coalition Avenir Quebec’s resounding election victory could clear the way for the party to make good on its vow to cut immigration, a position that worries Quebec businesses and e...