Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - A statement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marking Canada Day and the country’s 150th anniversary: ___ Today, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation. We come together a...

TORONTO - While many Canadians gear up to celebrate the nation’s 150th birthday, hundreds of lawyers from coast to coast are prepared to devote their time to those banned from entering the count...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Following another week of dust-ups between the media and President Donald Trump, his predecessor shared a bit of wisdom from the other side of the world about tolerance and taking...

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh on Saturday marked the first anniversary of the nation’s worst terrorist attack by Islamist militants with promises to continue to fight the menace. Foreign delega...

LONDON - Rock superstar Mick Jagger says a newspaper editorial was responsible for helping him avoid prison for a minor drug offence in 1967. The Rolling Stones frontman tells the Times of London on S...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Saturday rejected demands that she appoint commissioners to run the local council blamed for mishandling the response to the London hi...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A rapper whose concert in Little Rock was the site of a shooting that left 28 people injured was arrested early Sunday on unrelated assault charges while outside an Alabama club wh...

SPEYER, Germany - Germany bid farewell Saturday to Helmut Kohl, the former chancellor who steered his country toward reunification in 1990 and whose tireless efforts to ensure peace and stability in E...

OTTAWA - Paper Maple Leaf flags soaked by an early morning downpour quickly turned into makeshift fans to ward off sticky afternoon warmth Saturday as thousands of people squelched and squished their ...

MOSCOW - Ukraine accused the Russian security services Saturday of planning and launching a cyberattack that locked up computers around the world earlier this week. The Ukrainian security agency, know...