Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration isn’t telling the full story on its politically charged decision to ask people about their citizenship in the 2020 census. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huc...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy contracted 0.1 per cent in January, hurt by unscheduled maintenance shutdowns in the oilpatch and weakness in the real estate sector following mortgage rule changes, Stat...

BEIJING - China’s defunct and reportedly out-of-control Tiangong 1 space station is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere sometime this weekend. It poses only a slight risk to people and...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Expos’ first year in baseball was a joyous time, and at the centre of it all was Le Grand Orange. Rusty Staub, who died Thursday in West Palm Beach, Fla. of multiple orga...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is urging voters to back Republicans in the midterm elections, saying the party “must ALWAYS hold the Supreme Court.” But the Supreme Court, while shape...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A standing-room-only crowd packed into a church Thursday to celebrate the life of a 22-year-old black man who was shot to death by Sacramento police, prompting angry protests in C...

WASHINGTON - It’s a double cosmic conundrum: Lots of stuff that was already invisible has gone missing. Astronomers have found a distant galaxy where there is no dark matter. Dark matter is call...

NEW YORK - Some 60 companies including such leading brands as Subway, Sprint and the NFL are joining forces to help each other follow you around online. Adobe, a company better known for Photoshop and...

A judge threw out involuntary manslaughter and many of the other most serious remaining charges Wednesday against 11 of the former Penn State fraternity members arrested in a pledge’s hazing-rel...

OTTAWA - Last June, Science Minister Kirsty Duncan hung out the “we’re hiring” sign and dangled grants of up to $1 million to try and lure some of the best and brightest internationa...