Category Archives: Canadian Press

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia - Pope Francis brought together thousands of victims of Colombia’s half-century-long conflict with their former victimizers, presiding over a prayer for reconciliation Fr...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The South Korean government must pay 37 million won ($33,000) to a man who was enslaved on a salt farm for several years and was stopped from escaping by police, a court ru...

LONDON - Growing up in a small Italian farming town, Andrea Guerini Rocco dreamed of pursuing a career in economics in a big, bustling city. Three years ago, he thought that city would be London. He d...

OTTAWA - A quick look at August employment numbers (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.2 per cent (6.3) Employment rate: 61.6 per cent (61.6) Labour force participation rate: 65.7 per c...

OTTAWA - The labour market expanded for a ninth-consecutive month to register its longest job-creating streak since before the financial crisis nine years ago, Statistics Canada said Friday. The incre...

NEW YORK - A Greek Orthodox church taking shape next to the World Trade Center memorial plaza will glow at night like a marble beacon when it opens sometime next year. It also will mark another step i...

EDMONTON - The main event at UFC 215 in Edmonton has been scratched because of a viral illness to third-ranked flyweight contender Ray (The Tazmexican Devil) Borg on the eve of Saturday’s card. ...

MONTREAL - A renewed Montreal offer to Major League Baseball to help out in the wake of hurricane Irma has been politely refused. A person with knowledge of the offer told The Canadian Press late Thur...

CALGARY - Canadian politicians whose jurisdictions could benefit from a proposed multibillion-dollar oil pipeline are accusing the country’s energy regulator of creating uncertainty about the fu...

TORONTO - Ontario is the first province out of the gate with a detailed plan to sell and distribute recreational marijuana when Ottawa legalizes it next summer. The Liberal government announced Friday...