Category Archives: Canadian Press

Highlights from the news file for Friday, May 5 --- MANY REGIONS BRACING FOR WEEKEND FLOODING: Persistent, steady rains soaking swaths of Central and Eastern Canada that have already endured record pr...

NEW YORK - CBS and NBC have joined CNN in refusing to air an advertisement that lists President Donald Trump’s accomplishments while blaming the “fake news” media for not reporting o...

OTTAWA - When is an “architect” not an architect? That question, which spurred many a conversation this week on Parliament Hill, was far from funny to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, who s...

SANTA FE, N.M. - Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez ordered a special session of the Legislature on Friday to resolve a grinding state budget crisis, with no sign of a compromise with leading ...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan complained earlier this week about how years of underfunding has impacted the Canadian Armed Forces, but not even when money has been set aside for the military...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier Christy Clark’s request to ban or heavily tax thermal coal from the United States is gaining traction with the federal government. In a statement today, Clar...

BRANCHBURG, N.J. - President Donald Trump’s praise of Australia’s government-funded health care system has raised the ire of Sen. Bernie Sanders, a leading advocate of such single-payer sy...

IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa will hire an outside firm to review its employment practices after a jury ruled that it discriminated and retaliated against a high-ranking gay female athletic...

CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) is still not prepared to offer a firm timeline for the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline, its top executive said on Friday, even after U.S. President Donald ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Two trainers saddling three horses each. A horse trying to win for the first time. The early favourite whose training was interrupted. Another attempting to overcome irascible behavi...