Category Archives: Canadian Press

HAGATNA, Guam - Grammy Award-winning singer Yvonne Elliman-Alexander and her husband were arrested in Guam for being in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana. The Pacific Daily News reports (htt...

MIAMI - Some cruise passengers will have the ultimate soundtrack for Monday’s solar eclipse when Bonnie Tyler sings her hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” on board. Royal Caribbean say...

NEW YORK - Turner Sports is the latest TV company to announce a sports streaming service as traditional television companies chase millennial audiences. The service, expected next year in the U.S., ha...

OTTAWA - Quebec’s anglophone population is declining, rather than booming, Statistics Canada said Thursday as the agency officially corrected a census finding that stoked political fires in Queb...

DETROIT - A man wrongly convicted of rape was awarded $1.7 million on Wednesday under a new Michigan law that allowed him to seek state compensation for the 35 years he spent in prison. Edward Carter ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - A Canadian man has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. federal prison for his role in a smuggling operation that sent more than $130 million worth of drugs between the United States a...

HANNA, Alta. - Three children are dead after a semi-trailer truck collided with an SUV Wednesday about 200 kilometres northeast of Calgary. Chris Kalyn with Alberta Health Services said paramedics wer...

BERLIN - A wary woman in southern Germany alerted police after a man buzzed on the door and asked for permission to search her balcony for his false teeth. Police in Rheinfelden near the Swiss border ...

HALIFAX - Environment Canada warned of rip currents, rapidly changing water levels and heavy rainfall in parts of Atlantic Canada as hurricane Gert glanced the region Thursday. The national weather fo...

Four stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 17 --- AUTO LIKELY HIGH ON U.S. NAFTA AGENDA Early indications are pointing to a potential No. 1 issue for the U.S. in a renegotiated NAFTA: automobiles. Wh...