Category Archives: Canadian Press

One of the leaders vying to be Quebec premier is worth millions of dollars more than his opponents. Coalition Avenir Quebec’s Francois Legault’s personal wealth stood at $9.86 million as o...

NORTH SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Patrons and employees of a diner in the upstate New York village where actor Richard Gere grew up got a surprise over the weekend when he stopped by the restaurant with his new ...

TORONTO - Mere minutes into Kawhi Leonard’s long-awaited first official appearance as a Toronto Raptor, he was deftly deflecting questions about his long-term future. The enigmatic Leonard would...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A stunningly popular calendar of burly, bearded mermen posing against scenic Newfoundland backdrops for charity is back for a second year. The 2018 ‘merb’ys’...

BERLIN - Germany is looking to sell a secondhand surveillance drone that has cost the country more than 700 million euros ($823 million) to Canada - without many core components it needs to fly. A def...

NEW YORK - Weight Watchers is trimming its name to just two letters: WW. The company says it is renaming itself to focus more on overall wellness and not just dieting. Its app, for example, will offer...

HALIFAX - A young woman has testified at the sexual assault trial of a British sailor that she found the complainant red in the face with no clothes on in a bed in the barracks of a Halifax-area milit...

MINNEAPOLIS - Actor James Woods has been locked out of his Twitter account over a tweet he sent out months ago that was found to be in violation of Twitter’s rules. The tweet was posted July 20 ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - At the end of the 1991 movie “Thelma & Louise,” the two leading ladies - fugitives cornered by authorities in the Grand Canyon - decide against surrendering and inst...

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine said on Monday he is concerned about his safety four days after returning from the United States, where he sought medical care for in...