Category Archives: Canadian Press

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The federal government is offering support with air power and Canadian Armed Forces troops in British Columbia as nearly 600 wildfires burn across the province, displacing thousands o...

GLOUCESTER, Mass. - Massachusetts firefighters say a man who donated to their muscular dystrophy drive accidentally dropped his wedding ring into their boot. The Gloucester Daily Times reports that fi...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government wants to improve its relationship with Saudi Arabia, but will not sacrifice Canada’s position on human rights. Trudeau made the comment...

TORONTO - A man accused of killing a young woman who went missing in Toronto’s gay village last year was denied bail on Monday. Kalen Schlatter, 21, is charged with first-degree murder in the No...

WADENA, Sask. - So these four Saskatchewan comedians drive into town, spot a motel fire and heroically put it out - no joke, it really happened. Dylan Williamson and his friends Kelly Taylor, Benjamin...

SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s elaboration on his plan to engineer a buyout of the electric car maker could get the Silicon Valley maverick into legal trouble by revealing that the deal i...

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they handed out more than 300 tickets during a weekend Hells Angels biker gathering that was largely incident-free. Police say about 500 people passed through c...

NEW YORK - Issa Rae will host Rihanna’s fourth annual Diamond Ball next month, and Childish Gambino will perform. Rihanna’s black-tie event will take place Sept. 13 at Cipriani Wall Street...

FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick man charged with killing four people in one of the deadliest shootings in the province’s history had a firearms licence and allegedly used a gun that can be legally...

DOUMA, Syria - Razan Zaitouneh earned enemies on all sides of her homeland’s civil war. One of Syria’s most well-known rights activists, she was bold, outspoken and defiantly secular. Perh...