Category Archives: Canadian Press

Smugglers have thrown some 280 migrants into the sea off the coast of Yemen in the last two days, causing more than 50 to drown and leaving over 30 missing, the U.N. migration agency said Thursday. U....

OTTAWA - “They were talking generally there about a much, much higher mass arrival situation - not what we’re dealing with. What we’re dealing with is definitely a very high, steady ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Bosnia is marking the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s visit, her last overseas tour before she died in a car crash in Paris. Her crusade against land mines led to her thr...

HALIFAX - Two geese are dead after being hit by a vehicle at a crosswalk the popular birds use to access a pond at a park in Dartmouth, N.S. Police say a man was driving on Prince Albert Road during t...

OTTAWA - “In my prime,” Jack Nicklaus once wrote, “my legs were very strong.” That was true in more ways than one, it turns out: in 2014, Golf Digest published never-before-see...

HALIFAX - A labour dispute at Canada’s largest independently owned daily newspaper ended Thursday after striking workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new contract. Newsroom employees at t...

Six stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 10 --- B.C. TO OUTLINE NEXT STEPS ON TRANS MOUNTAIN Two key NDP cabinet ministers in British Columbia are expected to outline the government’s next ste...

MEXICO CITY - The remnants of Hurricane Franklin soaked central Mexico Thursday, threatening mudslides and flash floods after the storm hit the country’s Gulf coast overnight. The U.S. National ...

Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Seattle 6 Oakland 3 L.A. Angels 5 Baltimore 1 N.Y. Yankees 11 Toronto 5 Boston 8 Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 7 Houston 1 National League San Francisco 3 C...

Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Seattle 6 Oakland 3 L.A. Angels 5 Baltimore 1 N.Y. Yankees 11 Toronto 5 Boston 8 Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 7 Houston 1 National League San Francisco 3 C...