Category Archives: Canadian Press

LONDON - The Bank of England’s Mark Carney agreed Tuesday to extend his period as governor by six months until January 2020 in order to help out in the initial phases of Britain’s exit fro...

Calgary councillors voted Tuesday to keep the city’s bid for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games alive, after a draft plan presented to council revealed the total cost of hosting the ga...

SPRINGHILL, N.S. - The last man to emerge from a shattered Nova Scotia mine 60 years ago has died. Herb Pepperdine was 95 years old when he passed away Friday in Springhill, N.S. His obituary says Pep...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s nuclear chief said Tuesday he hopes Tehran’s landmark atomic deal with world powers will survive President Donald Trump withdrawing the U.S. from it, warning the Isla...

HYDERABAD, India - A bus carrying pilgrims from a Hindu temple in the hills of south India plunged off a road Tuesday, killing at least 55 people including four children, officials said. At least 33 o...

TORONTO - Hudson’s Bay Co. has struck a deal to merge its German department stores with its biggest rival in the European market. The Toronto-based retailer, which owns Galeria Kaufhof, announce...

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Sept. 11 --- FREELAND IN WASHINGTON TO RESUME NAFTA TALKS TODAY Canada and the United States will restart high-level talks today on the North American Free Trade ...

VANCOUVER - Back-to-school buzz only led to worry for a Vancouver father fretting about his daughter’s chances of getting into French immersion - a year before she starts kindergarten. Prokopi K...

TORONTO - Prostate Cancer Canada is encouraging men to get tested for the potentially deadly disease with a bold campaign that references historical and fictional characters in the form of latex glove...

OTTAWA - Quebec MP Maxime Bernier says he will have no further discussions with the leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party. Travis Patron, the leader of the far-right group, says he called Bernier&#...