Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - American manufacturers said they expanded in February at the fastest pace in nearly 14 years - gains driven in part by a jump in hiring. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group...

WASHINGTON - Spending on U.S. construction projects was unchanged in January, held back by a sharp fall in commercial real estate building. The Commerce Department said Thursday that spending on the c...

HALIFAX - Major changes to Nova Scotia’s education system are on the way after the provincial government introduced a sweeping omnibus bill that will eliminate seven English language school boar...

FREDERICTON - Imagine losing a limb. Now imagine suffering from pain that feels like it’s coming from the limb that is no longer there. That’s the case for up to 70 per cent of amputees. R...

VANCOUVER - By stopping the sale of brands tied to gun manufacturing, the chief executive of Mountain Equipment Co-op says the company can play a role in advancing discussions around gun control. Davi...

NEW YORK - Equifax Inc. said Thursday that an additional 2.4 million Americans were impacted by last year’s data breach, however these newly disclosed consumers had significantly less personal i...

WASHINGTON - Activist groups are turning to television ads, including on President Donald Trump’s go-to network, Fox News, to pressure the White House into allowing transgender people to keep se...

WASHINGTON - Americans lifted their spending just 0.2 per cent in January, while their incomes jumped because of last year’s tax cuts. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the modest spend...

PARIS - French prosecutors filed preliminary charges Thursday against Marine Le Pen for tweeting brutal images of Islamic State violence. The prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre ...

TORONTO - Canadian band Hedley, which is facing mounting allegations of sexual misconduct, will be taking an “indefinite hiatus” after its cross-country tour at the end of March. In a stat...