Category Archives: Canadian Press

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday in a corruption case that has badly tainted his status as the country&#...

STOCKHOLM - The widely anticipated Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded this year to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad. Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist who specializes in the treatment of women who have...

OSLO - The Latest on the awarding of the Nobel Prizes (all times local): 6:40 p.m. Nobel Peace prize co-winner Nadia Murad of Iraq says she will share her award “with Yazidis, Iraqis, Kurds, oth...

MOSCOW - Russian authorities say an imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker has stopped a hunger strike that lasted 144 days. Oleg Sentsov opposed Russia’s annexation of his native Crimea in 2014. He was...

MOSCOW - A Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in Russia for plotting acts of terrorism said Friday that he has brought an end to his 144-day hunger strike as he was facing the prospect of being force-fed....

Five stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 5 ___ TRUDEAU VISITS WINDSOR, ONT., TO TOUT NEW BRIDGE Fresh off his government’s completion of a trade deal to replace NAFTA, Prime Minister Justin Tru...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians gave his government a mandate in the last election to implement a national carbon price and that is exactly what it is going to do. “Polluti...

As recreational marijuana legalization looms, some industry insiders are predicting a hot niche in the market for less potent products. At the centre of the shift is an expected influx of new consumer...

VICTORIA - An assignment that asked students at a high school in British Columbia to identify the political leanings of racists and immigration opponents showed a bias against people with right-wing v...

WINDSOR, Ont. - Construction on a multibillion-dollar bridge touted as a key link between Canada and the United States is officially underway, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Flanked by dig...