Category Archives: Canadian Press

PARIS - The silent decorum of a march to honour an 85-year-old woman who survived Nazi horrors only to be stabbed to death last week in an alleged anti-Semitic attack was shattered Wednesday, with cro...

MOSCOW - Flags flew at half-staff across Russia on Wednesday as the country mourned 64 victims - many of them children - of a shopping mall fire in Siberia. The blaze engulfed the four-story mall in t...

CAIRO - Egyptian election authorities started counting ballots after polls closed Wednesday in a lacklustre vote virtually guaranteed to hand President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi a second four-year term. P...

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University spent roughly $500,000 for a public relations firm in January to track media coverage and social media activity related to the case of disgraced former ...

SEATTLE - A Seattle area man suspected of sending suspicious packages to multiple government agencies and military installations around the nation’s capital was charged Tuesday with shipping exp...

Facebook is giving its privacy tools a makeover as it reels from criticisms over its data practices and faces tighter European regulations in the coming months. The changes won’t affect Facebook...

CHARLOTTETOWN - A Prince Edward Island advocate for medicinal marijuana is praising the province’s decision to allow up to four cannabis plants per home and consumption in “designated spac...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - There were already high expectations for Randal Grichuk when the Los Angeles Angels selected him 24th overall in the 2009 baseball draft. Then came their next pick - Mike Trout at No. ...

WASHINGTON - An enigmatic North Korean leader takes a secretive train trip to China to affirm fraternal ties and declare a commitment to denuclearization. It sounds like Kim Jong Un’s visit this...

LONDON - Harvey Weinstein’s former British assistant said Wednesday that a gag order she had to sign when she left his film company was “morally lacking in every way” and failed to s...