Category Archives: Canadian Press

JERUSALEM - A popular former Israeli military chief jumped into the political fray Thursday, announcing he would run for office in the upcoming election and instantly injecting a potent challenge to P...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a wide-ranging overhaul of top government posts on Thursday, including naming a new foreign minister, following international fall...

CARACAS, Venezuela - A strong earthquake jolted Venezuelans from their sleep early Thursday, forcing residents in the capital to evacuate buildings in their pyjamas before sunrise. There were no immed...

VANCOUER, B.C. - Maxime Comtois may be the captain of Canada’s junior hockey team but the 19-year-old says he isn’t alone. “We’re all leaders on this team. We’re all wear...

MONTREAL - When Maxime Bernier, leader of the nascent People’s Party of Canada, recently appeared on a Quebec TV news panel, the pundits laughed at his suggestion that Ottawa could force an oil ...

VANCOUVER - Climate change is prompting glaciers in British Columbia, Yukon and Alberta to retreat faster than at any time in history, threatening to raise water levels and create deserts, scientists ...

OTTAWA - “We took a one-per-cent growth rate under the Conservatives and turned it into a three-per-cent growth rate. We created 700,000 new jobs over the past three years, and right now we have...

OTTAWA - When Beckie Scott left behind her competitive cross-country ski career in 2006, the Olympic gold medallist didn’t foresee the path she would take next. A dozen years later, Scott has be...

KINSHASA, Congo - Congo’s leader is blaming a deadly Ebola virus outbreak for the last-minute decision to bar an estimated 1 million voters from Sunday’s long-delayed presidential election...

SUDBURY, Ont. - The provincial and federal governments have been short-changing First Nations in Ontario for more than a century, a superior court judge ruled last week as she ordered long-stagnant an...