Category Archives: Canadian Press

MEXICO CITY - A prosecutor in Mexico said Monday that a gas leak in a water heater is suspected in the death of an Iowa couple and their two children last week. The head prosecutor of the Caribbean co...

LONDON - The United States and many Western countries announced they were expelling a total of more than 130 Russian diplomats, in a show of solidarity with Britain over the nerve agent attack of a fo...

MONTREAL - A Montreal woman who left a toddler unattended in an apartment where a fire broke out has pleaded guilty to unlawfully abandoning a child, criminal negligence causing a fire and obstructing...

HALIFAX - A spokesman for the family of a former Canadian soldier who killed his girlfriend and then himself in their Nova Scotia home last week is challenging recent assertions made by a friend regar...

VANCOUVER - A B.C. First Nation has lost its court bid to prevent the restocking of an open-net salmon farm in its traditional territories off northern Vancouver Island. The ‘Namgis First Nation...

NEW YORK - U.S. regulators and state attorneys general are increasing pressure on Facebook as they probe whether the company’s data-collection practices have hurt the people who use its services...

MONT-ST-GREGOIRE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say they have no suspects in the theft of a statue of Saint Brother Andre from his birthplace outside Montreal. Spokeswoman Joyce Kemp says the statue...

OTTAWA - Another two weeks are needed to complete a psychiatric assessment of former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle, who faces several assault charges. Boyle dialled in via telephone to a brief cour...

FRANKFORT, Ky. - The U.S. Senate’s top leader said Monday he wants to bring hemp production back into the mainstream by removing it from the controlled substances list that now associates the cr...

CHANHASSEN, Minn. - Paisley Park will build another tribute fence where Prince fans can leave messages to mark the second anniversary of the rock superstar’s death. The fence will be set up next...