Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Canada’s chief science adviser admits her first year on the job was not exactly what she’d expected. “I survived,” Mona Nemer says, laughing. “It was an exciting...

A study suggests most Canadian cities have yet to assess the threat posed by climate change despite being the most exposed to any weather disasters it could cause. A survey of 63 municipalities of all...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s new premier is trying to revive the Energy East pipeline - even though the original proponent says the project is dead. TransCanada Corporation abandoned the $15.7-...

ALBERTON, P.E.I. - In a rural corner of P.E.I., a small hospital is trying a first-in-Canada approach to delivering care that could offer a solution to doctor shortages across the country. Instead of ...

WASHINGTON - The original NAFTA deal has landed back atop Donald Trump’s hit list, with the U.S. president again declaring he intends to terminate the 24-year-old trade pact - a move that appear...

KATOWICE, Poland - Negotiators from around the world opened the United Nations’ annual climate change conference Sunday in a Polish city built around mining coal, widely seen as a main culprit b...

MOSCOW - Ukraine’s leader called on Germany and its allies to boost their naval presence in the Black Sea to deter Russia from further aggression in the region and said Russia was blockading Ukr...

BERLIN - German police investigating the death of a baby whose body was found in a shipment of old clothes in Poland say they have arrested a woman and found another infant’s body. Police in the...

LONDON - Britain’s opposition Labour Party ramped up the pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May Sunday, saying it will call a no-confidence vote if Parliament rejects her Brexit deal on Dec. 11....

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The United States and China reached a 90-day cease-fire in a trade dispute that has rattled financial markets and threatened world economic growth. The breakthrough came afte...