Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - The number of furloughed federal employees seeking unemployment benefits jumped in the first two weeks of the shutdown, topping 10,000 during the week of Jan. 5. The Labor Department said...

WASHINGTON - Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported, in part because officials were stepping up family separations lo...

NEW YORK - Gladys Knight will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at this year’s Super Bowl. The seven-time Grammy Award-winner says she’s proud to use her voice to “unite an...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a man who argued he was fending off an attempted sexual assault when he stabbed his new neighbour 37 times. Nicholas Rasberry of Calgary was sen...

BOGOTA - Colombian President Ivan Duque on Friday demanded Cuba arrest 10 peace negotiators from the National Liberation Army after his government blamed the leftist group for a car bombing against a ...

HALIFAX - The high-profile case of a British sailor accused in an alleged gang rape at a Halifax-area military base has been adjourned until Friday. Justice Patrick Duncan was scheduled to deliver his...

MONTREAL - The Bloc Quebecois will vote only in Quebec’s interests without regard for the rest of the country, Yves-Francois Blanchet vowed Thursday on his first day as leader of the struggling ...

MIAMI - A horror movie called “Happy Death Day 2U” is getting a new release date following complaints its original release date coincided with the Florida school shooting anniversary. Univ...

Chicago building inspectors have found code violations at R. Kelly’s recording studio, including evidence the industrial space was used as a residence. Building Department spokesman Gregg Cunnin...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - A Canadian national has been found dead a day after reports of his kidnapping by suspected jihadists in Burkina Faso’s volatile north near the Niger border, the West ...