Category Archives: Canadian Press

BANGKOK - A Thai court on Friday has acquitted a prominent singer of the charge of royal defamation, the second time this week a case of such a serious offence has been dropped against an activist. Th...

JUBA, South Sudan - In her first visit to civil war-torn South Sudan, actress Ashley Judd had a message for survivors of sexual assault in a country where rape is a widespread weapon. “I see you...

OTTAWA - The sweeping Canadian retaliation against Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs has been carefully crafted in hopes of hitting the U.S. president where it hurts. Prime Minister Just...

OTTAWA - When Sen. Patrick Toomey looks at the future of the ketchup market in his home state of Pennsylvania, he sees real blood on the floor. On Sunday, Canada’s $16.6-billion worth of retalia...

Five stories in the news for Friday, June 29 --- DOUG FORD TO BE SWORN IN AS ONTARIO PREMIER The Doug Ford era officially begins today in Ontario. He will be sworn in as premier about three weeks afte...

PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo police arrested three people Friday suspected of crimes related to terrorism, they said in a statement. The three were detained in two towns, and weapons, ammunition and elec...

MUMBAI, India - A small plane that crashed into a construction site in India’s financial capital of Mumbai, killing five people, was not certified as airworthy and was undergoing major repairs a...

BALTIMORE - Amid a devastating attack that killed five people at a historic Maryland newspaper, journalists at the paper took to social media to seek help and report on the fatal shooting. In the imme...

TORONTO - A grinning Doug Ford declared a new era officially underway in Ontario on Friday as he assumed the reins of the province and unveiled the leaner cabinet tasked with executing his widely tout...

COLLINGWOOD, Ont. - Provincial police have released the names of a mother and daughter who died in an apparent drowning earlier this week at a resort northwest of Toronto. Xia Zhen, 34, and Chloe Gong...