Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONO, Ont. - Monkeys, kangaroos and camels are brought into the ring as the auctioneer bellows into his microphone, sharing interesting tidbits to drum up interest among the few hundred people gathere...

CALGARY - Kinder Morgan’s plan to raise money for its Trans Mountain expansion through an initial public offering could not come at a more awkward time. In addition to ongoing protests and feder...

CANNES, France - It’s not every day you hear the name “Happy Gilmore” referenced at the Cannes Film Festival. But that was the case Sunday when Noah Baumbach’s “The Meyer...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s proposed $4.1 trillion budget slashes safety net programs for the poor, targeting food stamps and Medicaid, while relying on rosy projections about the nati...

ALBANY, N.Y. - The Pentagon has refused a long-standing request to add the names of 74 U.S. sailors who died in a 1969 ship collision to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The USS Frank...

LONDON - The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel - far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems in public health including AIDS, tub...

BEIRUT - Syria’s government announced Sunday the country’s third largest city Homs- once named the capital of the revolt against President Bashar Assad- had been cleared of armed oppositio...

LONDON - Privacy-hungry Prince Harry was nearly able to bring his American girlfriend to Pippa Middleton’s private wedding reception without being photographed. Nearly. Actress Meghan Markle did...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - An American climber has died near the summit of Mount Everest and an Indian climber is missing after heading down from the mountain following a successful ascent, expedition organiz...

JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump has cast the elusive pursuit of peace between Israelis and Palestinians as the “ultimate deal.” But he will step foot in Israel having offered few indica...