Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - Dozens of people rallied outside a downtown Halifax office building Monday in support of a group of black janitors who were fired from their jobs after they revealed plans to file a human ri...

MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois members will vote on Martine Ouellet’s leadership in early June as well as what the party’s vision should be. The Bloc is hoping the votes will end a crisis withi...

TORONTO - A Toronto police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman 10 years ago was found not guilty Monday after a judge said there were inconsistencies in the complainant’s testimony. T...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Facebook’s privacy practices following a week of privacy scandals including whether the company engaged in “unfair acts” th...

QUEBEC - The fraud-related trial of former Quebec deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau and five co-accused will proceed despite a lengthy delay in the case getting this far, a judge ruled Monday. The ac...

TOKYO - Former major league infielder Munenori Kawasaki is likely to retire after being released by his Japanese club on Monday. In a statement released by the Softbank Hawks, the 36-year-old infielde...

The cheating confession that scandalized a nation has triggered an investigation destined to go way deeper than merely scratching the surface of the culture within Australia’s cricket team. It w...

QUEBEC - The man accused of killing six men as they attended prayer at a Quebec City mosque last year pleaded not guilty Monday to six charges of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder. Alexa...

A judge has ruled that the revelation that the Pulse nightclub shooter’s father was an FBI informant for 11 years before the attack has little bearing on the trial of the gunman’s widow. U...

BUCHAREST, Romania - Orange snow has fallen in parts of eastern Europe after a rare meeting of Siberia and the Sahara. Meteorologists say the snow from Siberia collided with dust-filled wind from the ...