Category Archives: Canadian Press

JOHANNESBURG - The usual suspects - Wonder Woman, Spider-Man and Darth Vader - roamed the halls at Comic Con Africa. There were also a few African characters on display: Kwezi, Captain South Africa an...

DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria held its first municipal elections since 2011 on Sunday, amid tensions with the country’s self-administered Kurdish region, which refused to allow polls. Candidates campa...

LONDON - British police are asking the public to help identify two men suspected of stealing the ashes of an elderly woman’s husband along with cash, bank cards and jewelry. Police released imag...

HONG KONG - Mangkhut weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm as it moved deeper into southern China on Monday, leaving death and destruction from Hong Kong to the Philippines. The storm was still ...

MONTREAL - Along Montreal’s Saint-Laurent Boulevard are rows of greystone and red-bricked buildings dating from the early 20th century, many of which used to house businesses owned by first-gene...

MIAMI - Before and after a hurricane, Ace is the place. And Home Depot and Lowe’s. And many other hardware and building supply outlets. Not surprisingly, these companies plan for storms such as ...

JERUSALEM - A Palestinian assailant on Sunday fatally stabbed an Israeli settler outside a busy mall in the West Bank. The victim was identified as Ari Fuld, a U.S.-born activist who was well-known in...

SUZHOU, China - Canada has swept the championship draws at the inaugural World Cup of Curling. Kevin Koe’s Calgary foursome defeated Steffen Walstad of Norway 6-5 in the late match on Sunday for...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $16.4 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot fo...

Saturday’s Games CFL Calgary 43 Hamilton 28 Ottawa 30 Saskatchewan 25 — MLB American League Cleveland 15 Detroit 0 Toronto 8 N.Y. Yankees 7 Tampa Bay 7 Oakland 5 Chicago White Sox 2 Baltim...