Category Archives: Canadian Press

BEIJING - When the sister of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner promoted investment in her family’s new skyscraper from a Beijing hotel ballroom stage earlier this month, sh...

VIENNA - Some situations leave even the most seasoned diplomats unprepared. Take a British ambassador’s encounter with a wild boar. Leigh Turner, Britain’s ambassador to Austria, says he w...

OAKVILLE, Ont. - Laurence Applebaum has already created a to-do list even though he’s still eight weeks away from officially taking over as Golf Canada’s chief executive officer. His top p...

MISSOULA, Mont. - A sheriff’s deputy was killed early Tuesday in a shootout that prompted a pre-dawn pursuit that lasted 140 miles (225 kilometres) across southwestern Montana. The chase ended b...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - North America’s longest subsea electricity cable has been connected between the island of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, Halifax-based Emera Inc. confirmed Tuesday. The 1...

PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby said he doesn’t expect to testify at his sexual assault trial and suggested that racism “could be” behind the scores of accusations against him. Cosby also ...

TEHRAN, Iran - A reformist candidate dropped out of Iran’s presidential election on Tuesday and threw his support behind President Hassan Rouhani, in a widely expected move that will strengthen ...

Toronto Wolfpack prop Jake Emmitt and wing Liam Kay will miss this weekend’s top-of-the-table showdown with the Barrow Raiders after being banned for fighting. Emmitt got a two-game suspension w...

TORONTO - Canada’s system of detaining some foreigners who cannot be readily deported may not be perfect but it is fair and constitutional, a government lawyer argued on Tuesday. As such, he arg...

HALIFAX - Inappropriate, sexist and homophobic language left lingering on the Internet has been exacting a toll on the list of political hopefuls in Nova Scotia’s election, with a third candidat...