Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Quebec’s party leaders criss-crossed the province on Saturday, urging their supporters to show up and cast their ballots as the 39-day election campaign entered its final weekend. ...

HALIFAX - City staff in Halifax are advising against renaming a road after Sidney Crosby, noting that Nova Scotia’s hockey darling doesn’t meet the existing criteria for commemorative nami...

WASHINGTON - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland postponed her marquee United Nations speech Saturday as negotiators on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border continued their full-court press for...

MOSCOW - Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry is demanding that Russia allow consular access to an imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker who has been on a hunger strike since mid-May. Foreign Ministry spokeswoma...

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain - China rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to beat Canada 76-71 in the consolation bracket at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup on Saturday. China wil...

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. - Two police officers were shot and killed following an early Saturday morning confrontation in Mississippi, authorities said. Warren Strain of the Mississippi Department of Public S...

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats are pushing their supporters to get in on what’s being billed as a donation matching program as the party looks to fill its coffers ahead of a looming contribu...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis asked Saturday for daily prayers to protect the Catholic Church from what he says are “attacks by the devil,” in his latest response to the clerical sex abuse a...

OTTAWA - Health Canada is warning that some EpiPens may not slide out of their tubes easily, possibly delaying emergency treatment. The agency says it was advised by Pfizer Canada about the issue, whi...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. However, 12 of the 28 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each were won, with the prizes being sha...