Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALABIYAH, Iraq - Iraqi forces made significant progress as they closed in on the Islamic State-held town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, the U.S.-led coalition and an Iraqi military spokesman said Monday...

HALIFAX - Irving Oil has donated $2.2 million to Dalhousie University to support a $64 million revamp of the school’s engineering and architecture campus. A joint release from Dalhousie and the ...

MILWAUKEE - One of two Wisconsin girls charged with repeatedly stabbing a classmate to impress the fictitious horror character Slender Man pleaded guilty Monday, but she still faces a trial in the cas...

ABERDEEN, Wash. - One-hundred-fifty baskets of pink petunias hang from the light posts all over this city, watered regularly by residents trying to make their community feel alive again. A local artis...

PHOENIX - Sen. John McCain’s packed agenda while on break from Congress in his home state of Arizona has hardly been the schedule of a typical brain cancer patient – or even someone about ...

HOUSTON - Soon after he opened his office serving immigrants fighting to stay in the United States, Raed Gonzalez became a lawyer who goes after other lawyers. A person with a winnable case can be thr...

EDMOND, Okla. - A convicted sex offender who molested his niece when she was 7 years old moved in next door to his victim nearly a dozen years after he was sent to prison for the crime. Outraged, the ...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Over 400 firefighters are working to contain the largest wildfire in British Columbia’s history. Kevin Skrepnek of the BC Wildfire Service said 19 fires merged in an area west o...

Commissioner Roger Goodell is on track to maintain his prominent place at the table for the next round of collective bargaining between NFL owners and players, a process that’s sure to be conten...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s education minister says it’s “full steam ahead” with a proposed expansion of pre-primary classes for four-year-olds, brushing aside opposition critics w...