Category Archives: Canadian Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Eddie Tipton, a former employee at the Multi-State Lottery Association, is accused of installing software on Random Number Generators that allowed him to predict winning combinations...

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Investigators were suspicious in 2006 when they heard that a rural Texas judge was trying to exchange $450,000 in consecutively marked bills. But Tommy Tipton, a Fayette County magis...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Lighthouse Christian Academy promises to provide an exemplary education, a caring atmosphere and service to God - but not for everyone. The school says in its admissions brochu...

Quebec’s director of criminal and penal prosecutions says no charges will be laid against longtime provincial politician Pierre Paradis. The former Liberal cabinet minister was facing allegation...

BOWEN ISLAND, B.C. - It took nearly 11 hours, but a 17-year-old girl from Kelowna, B.C., has completed her gruelling goal of swimming around an island off the coast of Vancouver. Instead of resting, E...

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. David Johnston apologized publicly Monday for referring to Indigenous Peoples as immigrants as he bestowed honours on 29 people - including the frontman of the Tragically Hip - for ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will visit Chile and Peru in 2018, the Vatican announced Monday. The Holy See said Francis will visit Chile from Jan. 15-18, then head to Peru, where he’ll stay until...

ROBERVAL, Que. - Longtime Conservative MP Denis Lebel is quitting politics after nearly 10 years in the House of Commons. The former cabinet minister made the announcement in his Quebec riding of Lac-...

PITTSBURGH - A Canadian who helped save a man from falling down a ravine is among 19 people being honoured with a medal from the Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Robert Conant, who is f...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The Latest on Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial (all times local): 3:50 p.m. A judge will hear arguments on whether the names of the jurors at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault...