Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - As Canada prepares to sign on to a United Nations agreement on migration, Conservative politicians are pushing back, saying signing it would be tantamount to erasing Canada’s borders. B...

NEW ORLEANS - The famed New Orleans music club Tipitina’s has been bought by a funk band that has performed there for more than two decades. The five members of Galactic closed a deal Friday to ...

TORONTO - Masai Ujiri believes there are potential NBA stars living in Africa who might never pick up a basketball. The Toronto Raptors president and his Giants of Africa organization is hosting ̶...

Montreal boxer David Lemieux knows there is a potential for serious physical harm every time he steps in the ring, but like most fighters he prefers not to think about it. “In fact, I never thin...

WASHINGTON - Life-changing technology breakthroughs could be strangled by red tape at the Canada-U.S. border unless the two countries give innovators one shared set of rules to follow, Treasury Board ...

OTTAWA - Federal ministers are playing down the potential for racial profiling and civil-rights violations as they tout a strict new law intended to curb drunk driving. Mandatory alcohol screening tha...

BEIJING - The designer boutiques of Manhattan and Paris are feeling the chill of a Chinese economic slowdown that has hammered automakers and other industries. It’s a rude awakening for such des...

WASHINGTON - The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland plan to file subpoenas Tuesday seeking records from the Trump Organization, the Treasury Department and dozens of other enti...

TORONTO - Canada’s path to the 2019 FIBA World Cup was paved on the backs of 35 different players. They came from the NBA, the NCAA, Euroleague, U Sport and even high school. They came willingly...

LEBANON, Ind. - Police say a 4-year-old central Indiana girl has died, five days after she was accidentally shot in the head by her 3-year-old brother. Lebanon police say Izabella-Marie Helem died Tue...