Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - It is where Haligonians watched “Casablanca,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “The Graduate” and “Titanic.” The Oxford Theatre - a grand, standalo...

WESTERLY, R.I. - A mysterious metal object discovered a few weeks ago off a Rhode Island beach has been removed and carted away in pieces. Media tweets show a crew used an excavator Thursday on Wester...

Superstar rapper Drake says he’s pledged US$200,000 to Houston flood relief efforts and is encouraging fans to donate as well. The Toronto-born musician has contributed to a crowdfunding campaig...

WINNIPEG - Many of the 3,700 people fleeing northern Manitoba forest fires were still waiting to fly south on Thursday, more than 24 hours after they left their homes on a journey made complicated by ...

HALIFAX - It is where Haligonians watched “Casablanca,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “The Graduate” and “Titanic.” The Oxford Theatre - a grand, standalo...

HOUSTON - A pair of Oscar winners, Sandra Bullock and Leonardo DiCaprio, are leading the way in stars’ donations to relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana, ...

VICTORIA - A slo-pitch player on Vancouver Island has died, 10 days after suffering a severe brain injury when he was hit by a softball. Chris Godfrey’s family says he died on Wednesday after be...

TORONTO - Next week, a small team of Canadian volunteers will get into two vans, drive for two days to flood-ravaged Houston, pick up a group of rescue dogs from overwhelmed shelters, and head home. N...

HALIFAX - No criminal charges will be laid against five so-called “Proud Boys” who disrupted a Mi’kmaq ceremony in downtown Halifax on Canada Day, the Royal Canadian Navy says. Rear-...

HALIFAX - The former CEO of Atlantic Canada's biggest children's hospital still owes more than $22,000 for “potentially personal” expenses charged to her corporate credit card before she r...