Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONTREAL - A Montreal mountaineer will attempt to become the first solo woman to climb Canada’s highest mountain in a trek that begins next month. Should Monique Richard reach the summit of Yuko...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia parents who have lost the chance to get their children into French immersion through a lottery system are hoping the education minister’s teacher-recruitment trip to...

ATHENS, Greece - Thousands of Greeks turned up at a rally and march in central Athens organized by the Communist Party to protest the U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria. The protesters gathered Saturda...

PARIS - French authorities say 63 people have been arrested and nine police officers injured as protests took place in two cities amid simmering anger at President Emmanuel Macron’s labour law c...

BEIRUT - France is urging Russia to join a push for a political solution in Syria after joint U.S., French and British attacks on Syrian chemical weapons sites. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Dr...

KABUL - At least 11 Afghan paramilitary forces were killed when the Taliban attacked their checkpoint, an official said Sunday. Zabi Amani, a spokesman for the governor of the northern Sari Pul provin...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said Sunday it has destroyed a Gaza attack tunnel built by Hamas militants that penetrated Israeli territory. Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a military spokesman, said th...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is putting taxpayer money where his government’s mouth is, promising to deploy both financial and legislative tools to ensure the disputed Trans Mountain p...

TORONTO - More than 40,000 people were without power and one busy Toronto airport had to shut down on Sunday, as southern and central Ontario were battered by another day of freezing rain and ice pell...

HALIFAX - On the 106th anniversary of the Titanic disaster, a Halifax woman reflected on her grandfather’s role in ensuring some of the victims were laid to rest. Some 1,500 passengers and crew ...