Category Archives: Canadian Press

BEIJING - One of the Chinese government’s most vocal critics is finally falling silent. He Weifang told The Associated Press Friday that he would no longer publish on social media after authorit...

One of the smallest historically black colleges in the U.S. boasts a huge accomplishment: pound for pound, tiny Dillard University in New Orleans graduates more physics majors — and, notably, mo...

BEIRUT - A fresh wave of airstrikes in eastern Syria killed at least 35 civilians including women and children, state media and a monitoring group reported Friday, as the U.N. human rights chief said ...

VERNON, B.C. - More than two dozen great blue heron chicks and one adult bird are dead after their nesting site in Vernon, B.C., was heavily damaged in a windstorm. Vernon-based wildlife expert Pete W...

Police say an Alberta woman lured to the United States with a promise of modelling work was instead held against her will in a trailer and jumped through a plate-glass window to escape. “She sur...

MONTREAL - Ottawa has appointed an advisory group to develop a plan for getting more zero-emission vehicles on the road, but it won’t follow Quebec in requiring automakers to sell a minimum numb...

REGINA - Hundreds of unionized workers at Evraz North America’s steel plant in Regina have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action to back contract demands. The vote by members of United...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Jim Allen once worked for Donald Trump in Atlantic City. Now, the chairman of Hard Rock International is doing all he can to scrub the influence of the man who is now president o...

TIRANA, Albania - Albania’s government has declared May 10 as Pelican Day in an effort to protect the habitat of a bird under threat. A statement Friday says Environment Minister Lefter Koka iss...

SAINT-GEORGES, Que. - In Beauce, a region of rolling hills, entrepreneurs and pick-up trucks south of Quebec City, locals say they vote for the candidate, not the political party. Since 2006, the vari...