Category Archives: Canadian Press

ATLANTA - A church bus carrying dozens of high school students and adults from Alabama crashed near Atlanta on Thursday afternoon, killing one person and injuring several others, authorities said. The...

OTTAWA - The government’s new defence policy, released this week, includes pledges of more money and better equipment for the Canadian Forces over the next 20 years. A look at some of the highli...

OTTAWA - The Liberals are aiming to resolve a constitutional challenge over a retroactive Conservative law that ended a probe into RCMP destruction of gun registry records. Public Safety Minister Ralp...

LOS ANGELES - Roman Polanski’s sexual assault victim is expected to stand up for him in court to help put an end to the 40-year-old case. Polanski’s lawyer says Samantha Geimer will appear...

MONTREAL - Veteran driver Fernando Alonso will quit Formula One racing if the world’s top series opts to expand to 25 races per year. The two-time F1 champion from Spain said Thursday he is busy...

OTTAWA - Luis Fernando Monroy has literally found himself in the crosshairs of a Canadian foreign policy dilemma: Is Canada truly living up to its commitment to protecting ethnic and minority rights a...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, June 8 --- PREMIERS DESCEND ON WASHINGTON: Premiers from eight provinces and territories are in Washington for meetings related to the upcoming renegotiatio...

TORONTO - Hudson’s Bay Co. (TSX:HBC) said Thursday it is cutting 2,000 jobs across North America to help it compete in an increasingly tough retail environment made more challenging with the ris...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida woman and ex-escort was so eager to get her husband’s money that she solicited a hit man to have him killed, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday, but a defence at...

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg earned $204,000 last year in royalties from her new book, a collection of writings and speeches from the court’s oldest member. The income ...