Category Archives: Canadian Press

LAVAL, Que. - Tristan Thompson believes Glen Grunwald can get corporate Canada excited about Canadian basketball. The Canadian men’s team applauded the appointment of Grunwald as president and C...

The world’s supply of oil hit a record last month, yet another sign of oil’s dominance over the energy landscape. The International Energy Agency said Thursday that the global oil supply r...

SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of mayors, climate activists and business leaders from around the world descended Thursday on San Francisco to cheer on efforts to reduce global warming, even after U.S. Pres...

WARSAW, Poland - Tomasz Ritter of Poland was announced the winner Thursday of the world’s first Frederic Chopin piano competition performed on instruments from the composer’s era. Japan...

SEATTLE - Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday that he is giving $2 billion to start a fund that will open preschools in low-income neighbourhoods and give money to nonprofits that helps ho...

OTTAWA - Canada and the United Kingdom have drawn four more U.S. states and two major American cities into their global alliance to kick the world of its coal energy habit, even as U.S. President Dona...

DETROIT - After selling it on and off in the U.S. for nearly seven decades, Volkswagen has decided to squash its iconic Beetle. The company’s American unit announced Thursday that it would end g...

WASHINGTON - Moving to head off a government shutdown that neither party wants, Congress has overwhelmingly approved a compromise spending bill and pledged agreement on a short-term bill to fund the g...

JACKSON, Miss. - Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic said Thursday that he believes growth remains strong despite uncertainty over trade tensions, and he expects interest rates to co...

OTTAWA - Hockey fans in Ottawa reacted to the news that Senators star defenceman Erik Karlsson had been traded with everything from sorrow to more-measured responses - hate to see him go, but it had t...