Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The two Canadians killed in a suspected terrorist attack in Burkina Faso have been identified as Tammy Chen of Ontario and Bilel Diffalah, a volunteer for a Quebec-based anti poverty group. T...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that one Canadian is among 18 people killed in a suspected extremist attack on a popular Turkish restaurant. It says oth...

LONDON - Five versions of a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece are being reunited for the first time in a “virtual exhibition.” Van Gogh painted his “Sunflowers” series in the south ...

TORONTO - An unexpected run to the semifinals of the Rogers Cup has rocketed Canada’s newest tennis star up the world rankings. Denis Shapovalov improved from 143rd to 67th in Monday’s upd...

HALIFAX - A weatherman says he got more than he bargained for during a recent trip to a Costco in Halifax after finding what appeared to be a live scorpion in a bag of bananas. Nathan Coleman, a repor...

LONDON - The Daily Mail is branching into television, hiring ESPN football analyst Jesse Palmer to host a daily U.S. syndicated show starting next month. The New York-based show seeks to replicate the...

LONDON - For years, athletes from the United States have quietly wondered how they might have fared if they had been competing on a level playing field. This year, they may have found out. Final figur...

DENVER - A jury on Monday started considering Taylor Swift’s allegation that a former radio host groped her during a meet-and-greet before a concert and whether the singer’s mother and her...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Mudslides and torrential flooding killed more than 300 people in and around Sierra Leone’s capital early Monday following heavy rains, with many victims trapped in homes...

A leading neo-Nazi website was sporadically accessible Monday despite efforts by website registration companies Google and GoDaddy to oust it after it mocked the woman killed in a deadly attack at a w...