Category Archives: Canadian Press

LADING-LADING, Indonesia - Soldiers have pulled a man alive from the rubble of a large mosque flattened by an earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok, while thousands of homeless villagers waite...

ISLAMABAD - Imran Khan’s party on Monday officially nominated the cricket star-turned-politician to be Pakistan’s next prime minister. To assume office, Khan will face a vote in parliament...

Hot, steamy weather has prompted Canada’s national weather forecaster to issue heat warnings for the Maritimes as well parts of both Ontario and Quebec. Environment Canada says a very warm and h...

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources says that as of Sunday evening 42 forest fires were burning in the northeast region of the province, with 19 of them described as out of control. The Parry So...

ALVENA, Sask. - When a Saskatchewan village held a summer party to crack open a time capsule sealed in a cairn 50 years ago, they expected it would contain centennial coins, newspapers, letters from t...

Sunday’s Games MLB American League Seattle 6 Toronto 3 Chicago White Sox 8 Tampa Bay 7 Cleveland 4 L.A. Angels 3 Minnesota 6 Kansas City 5 Baltimore 9 Texas 6 Oakland 6 Detroit 0 Boston 5 N.Y. Y...

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa State Fair opens this week, complete with its signature deep-fried Oreos and prize hog judging. Country star Reba McEntire will be on the grandstand, but another type of ce...

LOS ANGELES - Charlotte Rae, who played a wise and patient housemother to a brood of teenage girls on the long-running sitcom “The Facts of Life” during a career that encompassed many othe...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador Monday and froze “all new business” with Ottawa over its criticism of the ultraconservative kingdom’s arre...

MEXICO CITY - Christina Morra had a game-high 21 points and 10 rebounds as Canada beat Chile 98-52 on Sunday to advance to semifinals at the FIBA under-18 Women’s Americas Championship. Taya Han...