Category Archives: Canadian Press

BANGKOK - A fire on a double-decker bus carrying migrant workers killed 20 people early Friday, a week after 18 people died in another bus accident that showed the continuing dangers of Thailand’...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a man Thursday during a police operation in Laval, Que. The provincial agency says according to preliminary information, a 36-ye...

OTTAWA - Jean-Gabriel Pageau has scored a number of highlight-reel goals for the Ottawa Senators, but Thursday’s game winner will definitely hold a special place. Pageau scored on a penalty shot...

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. - A man wanted in the fatal shooting an off-duty police officer in a small Kentucky city was found and killed Friday by law enforcement officials in Tennessee. James K. Decoursey, 35...

NEW YORK - Prize-winning novelists Jesmyn Ward and N. Scott Momaday are among this year’s winners of Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, given for works that highlight race and diversity. Ward was honou...

FOSTER, R.I. - A Rhode Island nudist campground is looking for a lifeguard, and the uniform is cheap: nothing. The Providence Journal reports Dyer Woods Nudist Campgrounds’ help wanted notice fo...

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Republican lawmakers in Kentucky passed a pension overhaul Thursday that preserves benefits for most workers and does little in the short-term to address the state’s massive deb...

TORONTO - J.A. Happ threw 96 pitches in Toronto’s opening day loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon. He was happy with all but one of them. Happ missed on a fastball to Giancarlo St...

LONDON - Prince Charles released a videotaped Easter message early Friday offering support for persecuted Christians around the world. He expresses sympathy for people who have “had to flee for ...

EDMONTON - Dylan Ferris decided to dig a little deeper for his high school social studies project, which he’s dedicated to the lives of soldiers in the First World War. Ferris isn’t just w...