Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - On a day when newly released data showcased in tangible numbers the stark realities of the growing global refugee crisis, the United States - long considered a haven for the oppressed - doubl...

TORONTO - Police have identified two men wanted in connection with a daylight shooting at a Toronto playground that sent two young sisters to hospital. Det. Sgt. Jim Gotell says police now believe two...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated Yves Giroux, a career public servant, as the new parliamentary budget officer. The budget watchdog is an independent officer of Parliament whose ap...

VICTORIA - Suman Virk, a grieving mother who “pioneered” the conversation about bullying after her daughter was murdered, has died in Victoria. Virk was 58 years old. She was the mother of...

HAMILTON - A homeowner’s assertion that his training as a military reservist prompted him to head outside into the frigid darkness and shoot dead a man trying to steal his truck makes little sen...

Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile have pledged to stop providing information on U.S. phone owners’ locations to data brokers, stepping back from a business practice that has drawn criticism...

SARANSK, Russia - Japan did what no other Asian team had ever done at a World Cup - beat a South American squad on the biggest stage in soccer. The 2-1 victory over Colombia on Tuesday was another sur...

AMMAN, Jordan - President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, kicked off a swing through the Middle East on Tuesday, meeting with Jordan’s king as part of a broade...

Tuesday’s Games World Cup At Saransk Russia Japan 2 Colombia 1 At Moscow Senegal 2 Poland 1 At St. Petersburg Russia 3 Egypt 1 — MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 7 Seattle 2 Cleveland 6 Ch...

LONDON - Milos Raonic has pulled out of the Queen’s Club grass-court tennis tournament with a right pectoral strain. The tournament made the announcement on its official Twitter account Tuesday,...