Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - Protesters had a minor scuffle with a member of a Calgary-based group with controversial views on immigration Friday evening during a gathering the group held in a downtown Halifax park afte...

WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending surged 1.8 per cent to a record high in April as home building rose by the largest amount in 24 years. The April gain reversed a 1.7 per cent drop in March, the...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks will re-evaluate Trevor Harris on Friday after the quarterback was injured in the team’s opening CFL pre-season game. The 33-year-old Harris left in the first quart...

TORONTO - After a 3-7-1 start to the season, Toronto FC is desperate to turn things around. “We have to change everything and try to make the playoffs,” said striker Sebastian Giovinco. Th...

A lawyer who aggressively defended a client embroiled in a billion-dollar mining scandal did not violate the rules of courtroom civility when he accused the prosecutor in the case of misconduct, the S...

Halifax Mayor Mike Savage says Nova Scotia has to do more to confront systemic racism, calling the toxic work environment at a municipal transit garage detailed by a human rights inquiry “very d...

DICKSON, Tenn. - Looking haggard and defeated after two days on the run from a massive manhunt, a suspect in the slaying of a deputy was arrested Friday by a single state trooper with no use of force,...

NEW YORK - Montel Williams has been taken to a hospital after a workout at a New York City gym. Williams’ spokesman tweeted that anyone who knows the 61-year-old television personality knows tha...

WASHINGTON - In order to persuade Donald Trump to eventually drop his punishing steel and aluminum tariffs and finally agree to a renegotiated NAFTA, Canada’s strategy is to somehow engineer a w...

WASHINGTON - Defying fears of a global trade war, U.S. businesses have made it abundantly clear that they see no reason to stop hiring. Employers added a robust 233,000 jobs in May, up from 159,000 in...