Category Archives: Canadian Press

In a story July 31 about the upcoming season of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.,” The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of Gates’ wife. Her...

NEW YORK - Andy Spade, the widower of Kate Spade, has returned to Instagram with a heartfelt dedication to the late fashion designer nearly two months after her death. He posted a photo late Monday of...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg-area farmer is losing his sunny disposition over the number of people showing up and damaging his sunflowers while taking selfies. Thousands of sunflower shutterbugs have been ga...

KEY WEST, Fla. - Florida Keys culinary experts are furious about a cookbook author’s claim that Key lime pie wasn’t invented in the island chain. Pastry chef Stella Parks wrote in her book...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Betty White sees no point in slowing down at age 96, as long as her phone keeps ringing with offers to work. The actress known for her roles in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show...

NEW YORK - The American clergyman who preached about the power of love at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has undergone surgery for prostate cancer. An Episcopal Church spokeswoman says ...

DURANGO, Mexico - It began with a strong burst of wind and pounding hail that pummeled the Aeromexico jetliner minutes after takeoff in northern Mexico then sent it smashing belly-down onto a field ne...

OTTAWA - Canada’s pollsters are losing their watchdog. Canadian public opinion and market research firms are vowing to create a new oversight body after the Market Research and Intelligence Asso...

RED DEER, Alta. - Mounties in central Alberta are looking for a van stolen from a funeral home that had a body inside. RCMP say the van was in a parking lot outside the Red Deer business when it was t...

Atlanta will chase trotting history Saturday in the US$1-million Hambletonian Stakes from a familiar spot. The unbeaten filly drew the No. 7 spot Tuesday in the nine-horse field for the opening $100,0...