Category Archives: Canadian Press

ANKARA, Turkey - Five people were electrocuted Friday at a water park in northwest Turkey, including two teenagers and a 12-year-old, Turkish media reports said. The three youngsters were caught up in...

WAWA, Ont. - The giant honking Canada Goose in Wawa, Ont., that has quietly greeted countless travellers for more than five decades is set to fly its concrete roost ahead of the formal arrival of a re...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is crediting himself with the idea of building a Mexico border wall of solar panels. But that looks to be a borrowed brainwave; others pitched a solar wall back whe...

MADRAS, Ore. - Just before sunrise, there’s typically nothing atop Round Butte but the whistle of the wind and a panoramic view of Oregon’s second-highest peak glowing pink in the faint li...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Vice-President Mike Pence’s visit Friday to Colorado to celebrate the anniversary of Focus on the Family came at a time of change for the religious right during the age...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Governors in several states that opted to expand Medicaid under former President Barack Obama’s health care law are wary of the Senate Republican plan to end the added federal f...

EDMONTON - A member of the Canadian Armed Forces in Alberta has been charged with child luring as well as with making and distributing child pornography. Police say child luring allegations were first...

OTTAWA - The head of the navy says the country needs submarines to know what is happening beneath the waves around Canada - though he won’t say if foreign subs are actually poking around Canadia...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is not prepared for the coming demographic time bomb that will see about a third of residents reach age 65 or older within 20 years, the provinceR...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Being born without fingers can be tough for any child. Getting new ones - especially red and blue superhero themed digits - has made 8-year-old Kaori Misue a vibrant playgrou...