Category Archives: Canadian Press

TOKYO - A powerful typhoon ripped through Japan on Sunday, forcing cancellations of flights and trains, including in the Tokyo area as authorities warned of strong winds and torrential rain. Farms and...

SKOPJE, Macedonia - A referendum on changing Macedonia’s name as part of a deal that would pave the way for NATO membership won overwhelming support Sunday, but low voter turnout highlighted the...

WASHINGTON - FBI agents on Sunday interviewed one of the three women who have accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct as Republicans and Democrats quarreled over whether the...

MAKASSAR, Indonesia - An early warning system that might have prevented some deaths in the tsunami that hit an Indonesian island on Friday has been stalled in the testing phase for years. The high-tec...

President Donald Trump told a cheering crowd at a campaign rally that there was once tough talk “back and forth” between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “and then we fell in ...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon - Cameroon’s president says Boko Haram has been defeated in the country, the first such announcement since he declared war on the extremist group four years ago. President Paul...

IRBIL, Iraq - Iraq’s self-ruled Kurdish region held its long-delayed parliamentary elections on Sunday, a year after a vote for independence sparked a punishing backlash from Baghdad, leaving Ku...

COPENHAGEN - There won’t be a Nobel Prize in Literature this year but the Swedish Academy that awards the prestigious prize is still in the limelight. Jean-Claude Arnault, a French citizen who i...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $33 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder on the Prairies. The ...

Saturday’s Games (All times Eastern) CFL Hamilton 40, B.C. 10 Winnipeg 30, Edmonton 3 — NHL Pre-season Edmonton 4, Calgary 3 Philadelphia 4, Boston 1 Detroit 5, Toronto 1 Ottawa 3, Montrea...