Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Major agricultural federations are urging NAFTA’s negotiators to skip the continent’s farms and ranches if they’re looking for sectors in need of a makeover. The demand Wedn...

LONDON - The HMS Queen Elizabeth, the biggest ship ever built for the British navy, sailed into its homeport for the first time Wednesday as tens of thousands jammed the harbour to welcome it. The 3 b...

NEWARK, N.J. - Advocates have petitioned for the immediate release of an Afghan man who has been detained for five months since he tried to enter the United States on a special visa for people who hel...

SIERRA BLANCA, Texas - Border Patrol agents have found 20 immigrants crammed into a locked semitrailer at a checkpoint in West Texas. A Border Patrol spokesman said the immigrants from Mexico, El Salv...

NEW YORK - The statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the focus of an emotional debate in the state’s Republican primary election weeks before it became a flashpoint in the na...

WASHINGTON - Premiums for a popular type of individual health plan would rise sharply, and more people would be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to sto...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - For nearly four decades, fans of the late singer Elvis Presley have made a solemn procession past his grave at his Graceland mansion during the annual candlelight vigil commemorating ...

CARACAS, Venezuela - A Venezuelan violinist who is a well-known face of protests against his country’s socialist government has been freed after more than two weeks in prison. The office of Vene...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Like squabbling siblings, New Zealand and Australia have close ties but also a rivalry that can sometimes turn ugly. That tension spilled into politics on Tuesday, when Austr...

CONCORD, N.H. - At the New Hampshire State Library’s latest art exhibit, the bright smiles and bold colours of the canvases belied the broken hearts of those who attended its opening reception. ...