Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Roy Finch staggered the Toronto Argonauts before Bo Levi Mitchell delivered the knockout blows. Finch had a punt-return touchdoown for the second straight game and Mitchell threw three TD st...

ORRINGTON, Maine - The house that inspired Stephen King’s novel “Pet Sematary” is up for sale in Maine. WCSH-TV (http://on.wcsh6.com/2wb5Rrz ) reports the 113-year-old, four-bedroom ...

SYDNEY, Australia - Two men facing terrorism charges in Australia were involved in an aborted attempt to place an improvised explosive device on an Etihad Airways flight out of Sydney last month in a ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco park where three people were shot on a sunny afternoon underwent a $20 million renovation last year and immediately became one of the city’s most popular destin...

BANFF, Alta. - The highway that winds through British Columbia’s Kootenay National Park was closed for much of the day Wednesday as wildfire smoke made for dangerous driving conditions. Parks Ca...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Police in Dubai reopened the streets around one of the world’s tallest residential skyscrapers after firefighters put out a blaze that erupted early Friday in the h...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Several lawmakers want the board that runs Niagara Falls’ wastewater treatment plant to resign after a sewage-smelling discharge blackened the water near the base of the falls du...

VICTORIA - Health Canada has approved a supervised consumption site in Victoria to allow people to inject illicit drugs in the presence of medical staff. The department has granted the Vancouver Islan...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai’s 86-story Torch tower, one of the world’s tallest residential buildings, catches fire. The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu advanced to the women’s quarter-finals at the Citi Open with a huge 6-2, 6-3 upset of second-seed Kristina Mladenovic on Thursday. Andreescu, a 17...