Category Archives: Canadian Press

BEIRUT - As the U.S.-led coalition ratchets up operations in Syria, there are concerns that it will result in a rerun of what happened in Iraq, where $1 billion in weapons supplied to local fighters i...

SAN FRANCISCO - There is widespread agreement on one topic the day after a bench-clearing brawl that led to a six-game suspension for Giants reliever Hunter Strickland and a four-game ban for Washingt...

PARIS - A French tennis player’s French Open credential was revoked because he grabbed a reporter and kissed her on the neck during a live TV interview at the tournament. The French Tennis Feder...

CALGARY - DaVaris Daniels has lost the element of surprise. When defences around the CFL face the Calgary Stampeders in 2017, they’ll scheme with last season’s rookie of the year in mind. ...

OTTAWA - Some Conservatives are calling for a review of the party’s leadership selection process after Andrew Scheer wound up winning with the support of less than 50 per cent of voting party me...

VICTORIA - Some of the key elements of a deal between the NDP and Green party on a minority government in British Columbia: - The legislature would be recalled within one month of the swearing in of a...

SEATTLE - The man who married his former sixth-grade teacher after she was jailed for raping him has filed for legal separation from her. King County court records show 33-year-old Vili Fualaau asked ...

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon scored an important success Tuesday in a test of its oft-criticized missile defence program, destroying a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean with an interceptor that is key ...

WASHINGTON - The United States started Tuesday to deliver weapons to Kurdish fighters closing in on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, the Pentagon said. Spokesman Eric Pahon said Tuesday&#...

MADISON, Wis. - A federal appeals court says a transgender student who identifies as a male should be able to use the boys’ bathroom at his Wisconsin high school. Ashton Whitaker, who will gradu...