Category Archives: Canadian Press

WICHITA, Kan. - Three militia members plotted for months to blow up an apartment complex housing Somali immigrants in western Kansas, saying that they wanted to “exterminate cockroaches,” ...

LOS ANGELES - The storm that drenched California this week brought much-needed rain to the state, which has been slipping back into drought conditions due to a dry winter that only turned wet and snow...

LAGOS, Nigeria - The mother of the only Nigerian schoolgirl still in Boko Haram captivity after the extremists released 104 classmates said Thursday her daughter was blocked from boarding the vehicle ...

NEW YORK - A New York City firefighter died early Friday battling a fierce blaze on a movie set after getting separated from his fellow firefighters in the thick smoke. The fire started in the cellar ...

Six stories in the news for Friday, March 23 --- BOEING NOT APPEALING ITC DECISION Aircraft giant Boeing will not appeal a ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission that allows its Canadian ri...

HALIFAX - The author of a study that sounded an alarm over confining Nova Scotians with intellectual disabilities in a psychiatric ward has testified the “incarcerated” residents were deni...

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A Quebec man whose pit bull-type dog mauled a young girl in 2015 was sentenced Friday to four years in jail, with the judge calling his behaviour “gross and extreme negligence....

ATLANTA - Barry Brown Jr. darted into the lane, blowing by everybody in blue, and delivered a rare burst of offence just in the nick of time. He wasn’t done, either. As Kansas State celebrated y...

PITTSBURGH - It was a beautiful day to honour Mister Rogers with a postage stamp. The U.S. Postal Service on Friday released a stamp featuring Fred Rogers, the gentle TV host who entertained and educa...

Thursday’s Games NHL Edmonton 6 Ottawa 2 Toronto 5 Nashville 2 Vancouver 5 Chicago 2 Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Rangers 3 Carolina 6 Arizona 5 Columbus 4 Florida 0 Tampa Bay 7 N.Y. Islanders 6 Washingt...