Category Archives: Canadian Press

KAMPALA, Uganda - To chants of “People power! Our power!” Ugandan pop star turned government critic Bobi Wine was freed on bail Monday, ending days of incarceration during which he and som...

Five stories in the news for Monday, Aug. 27 --- B.C. WILDFIRE SEASON SECOND WORST IN HISTORY A year after the worst season for wildfires in British Columbia’s history, government statistics ind...

PARIS - A French prosecutor said Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred is being held in police custody on suspicion of committing a rape in the town of Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera. Draguignan prosecut...

CALGARY - Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki is on his hands and knees trying a skill he hasn’t had to practise for 18 years - how to crawl. Straschnitzki, with the assistance ...

VANCOUVER - Campfires, cigarettes, flares and car accidents are some of the ways humans have likely started more than 400 wildfires in British Columbia this season. As wildfires blaze across the provi...

MONTREAL - Over the summer with the kids away, construction crews have hastily been erecting temporary, metal-clad extensions to aging school buildings across Montreal, to help cope with ever-increasi...

Sunday’s Games MLB American League Chicago White Sox 7 Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 9 Boston 1 Oakland 6 Minnesota 2 Cleveland 12 Kansas City 5 Houston 3 L.A. Angels 1 N.Y. Yankees 5 Baltimore 3 National...

YANGON, Myanmar - A Myanmar judge on Monday postponed the verdict against two Reuters journalists accused of illegally possessing official documents in a case that has drawn attention to the faltering...

OTTAWA - The defending Vanier Cup champions needed a second-half comeback and some extra time added on to kick off the 2018 season with a win. Marc Liegghio hit a 36-yard field goal in overtime to lif...

CALGARY - The Ontario Blues held on to defeat the Atlantic Rock 22-17 Sunday, winning the Canadian Rugby Championships and MacTier Cup. Kainoa Lloyd, Marcello Wainwright, Lucas Hammond and Andrew Coe ...