Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - As softwood negotiations with the United States languish, the Canadian government says it’s readying itself for the next phase of the lumber fight, which has historically been a nec...

GENEVA - Global organizers of street-running known as parkour have set the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) a deadline to end attempts to control their sport and give it Olympic status. Parko...

WINNIPEG - A teacher who came to Canada from Bangladesh eight years ago says a man who claimed to be a Nazi launched racist verbal attacks at her for wearing a hijab during a visit to Manitoba this su...

BURNABY, B.C. - An investigation is underway after several videos were posted on social media of what Metro Vancouver Transit Police say was a confrontation involving “profane and racially slant...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The much-watched Chase the Ace draw near St. John’s will end with a flourish of drama next week. The provincial government announced its “exit plan” for the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - A commuter boat carrying more than 100 passengers flipped and sank Thursday in northeast Brazil, killing at least 18 people and leaving dozens missing in rough ocean waters. It was th...

PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. - A New Jersey man took a parting shot at the Philadelphia Eagles in his obituary. Jeffrey Riegel, 56, died last Friday. Before his death, the Port Republic, New Jersey, man promis...

HALIFAX - The top executive of Atlantic Canada’s biggest children’s hospital has stepped down amid an expenses controversy. Tracy Kitch, chief executive officer of Halifax’s IWK Heal...

BILLINGS, Mont. - Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Thursday he won’t seek to rescind any national monuments carved from the wilderness and oceans by past presidents. But he said he will p...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Once or twice a year, activity on the streets of South Korea’s capital freezes as a wailing siren marks a nationwide drill aimed at preparing against a North Korean a...