Category Archives: Canadian Press

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are drifting lower in midday trading on Wall Street as investors look over a mixed batch of earnings reports from U...

LONDON - A new documentary about Princess Diana has ignited controversy in Britain, with producers saying it offers insights into the strains of royal life and critics saying it’s pure exploitat...

HALIFAX - Police say a pilot was briefly dazed after a laser was pointed at his small plane as he flew over a Halifax suburb. They say a Diamond DA20 single-engine aircraft was flying above Hammonds P...

LONDON - World medals. One last shot at Usain Bolt. Perhaps a Canadian record. A world championships that had held so much promise for Andre De Grasse went up in smoke during a light 60-metre run on M...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick is bone dry, and the government is restricting forestry operations because of the fire risk. Energy and Resource Development Minister Rick Doucet says the forest fire hazar...

TAUNTON, Mass. - A young woman who as a teenager encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with toxic gas wa...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump denied Wednesday that he called the White House a “dump.” Trump responded on Twitter to an article posted Tuesday on the website golf.com. The story rec...

WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week, keeping the number of people seeking benefits close to historic lows. THE NUMBERS: Weekly unemployment applications fell by 5,000 to 240...

WASHINGTON - Aides to President Donald Trump were in deep talks about how to defuse tensions between Qatar and other Arab nations when the door to the secure room at the White House burst open. The ur...

BEIRUT - Russia’s Defence Ministry announced a cease-fire for a third safe zone in war-torn Syria on Thursday, paving the way for the delivery of sorely needed humanitarian relief to rebel-held ...