Category Archives: Canadian Press

BEIRUT - Turkey said Tuesday its troops and allied Syrian fighters have encircled the Kurdish-held town of Afrin in northern Syria, putting hundreds of thousands of civilians under siege and marking a...

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Mark Arendz was a stubborn child. So when a grain auger took his left arm at seven years old, the Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier insisted on teaching hi...

HALIFAX - Airlines cancelled flights in anticipation of an intense winter storm that edged into the Maritimes Tuesday with expected heavy snow, high winds and pounding surf in coastal areas. Environme...

JEONGSEON, Korea, Republic Of - Mollie Jepsen made the most of her super combined debut at the Pyeongchang Paralympics. The 18-year-old from West Vancouver, B.C., skied to gold in the standing categor...

JABALIA, Palestinian Territory - A roadside bomb on Tuesday struck the convoy of the Palestinian prime minister during a rare visit to the Gaza Strip, causing no serious injuries but throwing an alrea...

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, March 13 --- PM TRUDEAU CONTINUES FACTORY TOURS Justin Trudeau continues his cross-country tour of aluminum and steel factories with stops today in Hamilton. The p...

OTTAWA - Heads turn and smiles break out as the four veterans make their way through the Bayshore mall in Ottawa’s west end one recent Tuesday morning. But it isn’t just the men that the s...

OTTAWA - The federal government committed hundreds of millions of dollars in its recent budget to help reinforce Canada’s cyber defences - but if the effort fails to prevent a major attack, Otta...

LOS ANGELES - A grandson of cult leader Charles Manson won the bizarre California court battle Monday over the killer’s body. Kern County Superior Court Commissioner Alisa Knight ruled that Jaso...

KABUL - U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday he believes victory in Afghanistan is still possible - not necessarily on the battlefield but in facilitating a Taliban reconciliation with the A...