Category Archives: Canadian Press

PARADISE, Calif. - The catastrophic wildfire in Northern California is nearly out after several days of rain, but searchers are still completing the meticulous task of combing through now-muddy ash an...

PARIS - French police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent demonstrators in Paris on Saturday, as thousands gathered in the capital and beyond and staged road blockades to vent anger a...

KABUL - The U.S. military said Saturday that a service member has been killed in Afghanistan, while in a separate incident two Afghan soldiers died when their helicopter failed to land properly. The b...

TEHRAN, Iran - In a story Nov. 24, The Associated Press reported that Iran frequently condemns Israel and predicts its demise. The story should have made clear that Israeli officials view any such com...

BANGALORE, India - At least 25 people, many of them schoolchildren, were killed when a speeding bus fell into a canal in southern India on Saturday, an official and media reports said. The accident oc...

LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria’s military on Saturday acknowledged a major attack against it by Islamic extremists after opposition lawmakers said 44 soldiers were killed, while public pressure on Pre...

BRUSSELS - The European Union removed the last major obstacle to sealing an agreement on Brexit after Spain said it had reached a deal Saturday with Britain over Gibraltar on the eve of a summit where...

Friday’s Games (All times Eastern) NHL Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Rangers 0 Buffalo 3, Montreal 2, OT Minnesota 4, Winnipeg 2 Anaheim 2, Edmonton 1, OT Washington 3, Detroit 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, New Je...

Friday’s Games (All times Eastern) NHL Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Rangers 0 Buffalo 3, Montreal 2, OT Minnesota 4, Winnipeg 2 Anaheim 2, Edmonton 1, OT Washington 3, Detroit 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, New Je...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The decision to add Erik Karlsson to an already formidable San Jose Sharks lineup during the off-season looked like a questionable move when the two-time Norris Trophy-winning defen...