Category Archives: Canadian Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved Parliament and called for fresh elections amid a deepening political crisis. An official notification signed by Sirisena...

HALIFAX - Hundreds of people gathered Friday afternoon to remember a terminally ill Halifax woman whose fight to loosen assisted dying laws captured national attention as she dispensed wisdom about li...

Sebastien Toutant bounces effortlessly on a stability ball, switching from his knees to his feet to his rear end, then repeats the movements one more time before jumping off the squishy, air-filled sp...

ROME - A verdict is expected within hours for Rome’s mayor, on trial in the Italian capital for allegedly lying about a City Hall hire. Testimony wrapped up on Friday in the trial of Virginia Ra...

CALGARY - The owner of a Calgary trucking company involved in the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash has made his first appearance in court. Sukhmander Singh of Adesh Deol Trucking has not retained a la...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Canada’s Rosie MacLennan and Sarah Milette teamed up to win silver in the women’s synchronized event at the world trampoline championships on Friday. It was the se...

TORONTO - David Stern and Raptors president Masai Ujiri are in agreement - there’s no doubt Toronto has become a destination for NBA players. And Stern, the league’s commissioner from 1984...

TORONTO - A United Church minister who had faced an unprecedented ecclesiastical court hearing over her professed atheism is no longer in danger of a defrocking after the two sides reached an agreemen...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Two Iqaluit youths are in custody after a series of fires earlier this week in the Nunavut capital, including one that damaged the city’s largest store and grocer. RCMP said F...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set off on a 10-day voyage across Europe and Asia to pursue his oft-stated goal of finding markets for Canadian goods and services beyond the United States. ...