Category Archives: Canadian Press

SYDNEY, Australia - Thousands of angry demonstrators gathered outside the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday night to protest the use of its iconic roof to promote a horse race. Racing authorities projecte...

CAIRO - EgyptAir is trying to shift the blame to a local advertising agency for a bizarre article in its in-flight magazine purportedly based on an interview with actress Drew Barrymore. The airline, ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday upheld a landmark ruling that ordered the government to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25 per cent by 2020 from benchmark 1990 level...

Wednesday’s Games NHL Philadelphia 7 Ottawa 4 Washington 5 Vegas 2 Arizona 3 Anaheim 2 (SO) — AHL Bakersfield 3 San Jose 2 (SO) Rochester 6 Syracuse 3 Binghamton 5 Hartford 3 — NBA P...

Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 9 ___ FLARE-UPS POSSIBLE AT IRVING REFINERY Residents of a Saint John, N.B., neighbourhood that was the scene of a massive oil refinery explosion have been w...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants Pope Francis to visit the officially atheist country, South Korea said Tuesday. South Korea’s presidential office said in a stat...

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - Thomas Smith says his most vivid memory of living on British Columbia’s Turnour Island was watching families leave their homes. Five decades later, images of the exodus fr...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - First, Jonathan Wright heard a loud hissing. Then he was thrown to the ground and turned to see a wall of orange, as flames surrounded him and several other workers after a massive ...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has been given an ambitious plan for closing several gaps in the social-safety net for ill and unemployed Canadians that includes creating a new program to help those w...

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy, citing rising interest rates and growing tensions over trade. The IMF said Monday that the global economy...