Category Archives: Canadian Press

IQALUIT, Nunavut - A total of 72 candidates in Nunavut’s general election will be nervously watching the returns in Monday’s vote, but the territory’s sitting premier won’t be ...

HALIFAX - They are young. They are women. And they are racialized. Young women of colour are at the vanguard of Halifax’s social justice movement, part of a new generation of social activists. K...

MONTREAL - Cranes crowd the Montreal skyline these days as a strong economy and political stability are fuelling a construction frenzy throughout the downtown core and beyond. Although tame by Toronto...

WINNIPEG - Five Manitoba judges, including the chief justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench, are to meet with First Nations leaders this week to try to find ways to improve the justice system for...

TORONTO - A single ticket that was purchased in Toronto claimed Saturday night’s nearly $40.5 million Lotto 649 jackpot. The draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Q...

VANCOUVER - Transport Canada is planning to stop evaluating pilots who perform checks on their counterparts at the country’s largest airlines and will instead give the responsibility to the oper...

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Philippe is approaching extreme southern Florida as it continues to dump heavy rain on central Cuba and the Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center said Sunday morning the poorly...

BARCELONA, Spain - Hundreds of thousands of Catalans took to the streets of Barcelona on Sunday to voice their opposition to the region’s declaration of independence amid vast political uncertai...

JERUSALEM - Under pressure from the United States, Israel has delayed a bill that would connect a number of West Bank settlements to Jerusalem, officials said Sunday. The bill aims to solidify the cit...

KABUL - The Taliban killed 13 police in an attack on a checkpoint early Sunday in the northern Kunduz province, an official said. Hayatullah Ameri, chief of the Khan Abad district, near where the atta...