Category Archives: Canadian Press

HARTFORD, Conn. - A onetime teen mother who became a celebrated teacher defeated a veteran politician Tuesday in the Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat currently held by Rep. Elizabeth Esty, who...

MONTPELIER, Vt. - A former Vermont utility executive on Tuesday became the first transgender candidate from a major political party to be nominated for governor, and she’ll face the Republican i...

MONTPELIER, Vt. - Peter Welch, Vermont’s lone representative in the U.S. House, on Tuesday won the Democratic nomination to seek re-election in November, when he’ll face perennial candidat...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Bob Stefanowski, a former GE executive who pitched himself to voters as Bob the Rebuilder, won Tuesday’s Republican primary for Connecticut governor in an upset and will face a...

MONTPELIER, Vt. - Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders won Vermont’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday but was expected to turn down the nomination, as he did in his previous campaigns, and s...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Matthew Corey, a window washer and Hartford pub owner, won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Connecticut on Tuesday and will face an uphill battle against Democratic incum...

MEXICO CITY - Fancy a tarantula taco for a cool $27? Not so fast, Mexican authorities say. A Mexico City market restaurant recently put the arachnids on its menu and posted a video on Facebook showing...

Cardi B may have backed out of the Bruno Mars tour, but he’s found four other acts to hit the road with him. Mars announced Tuesday that Boyz II Men, Charlie Wilson, Ciara and “Boo’d...

Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government has announced new plans for how the province would sell recreational cannabis. Here’s a look at provincial and territorial plans to date: ...

TORONTO - An MLS-record transfer to German powerhouse Bayern Munich hasn’t changed Whitecaps teenage star Alphonso Davies, according to Vancouver coach Carl Robinson. “He’s exactly t...