Category Archives: Canadian Press

BEIRUT - A top U.N. aid official appealed to the Syrian government and its Russian backers for a cessation of hostilities in eastern Ghouta on Thursday when a second convoy with desperately needed aid...

COPENHAGEN - The Danish inventor accused of torturing and killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a private submarine trip before dismembering her body strongly denied killing her, asserting at his...

OTTAWA - The pace of new home construction picked up unexpectedly in February driven by strength in the condo market in major cities, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Thursday. Meanwhile, Statis...

WASHINGTON - Canada appears to have dodged a protectionist bullet, as one of only two countries to receive a provisional exemption from steel and aluminum tariffs set to rip into America’s tradi...

HALIFAX - A large nor’easter was blowing through much of Atlantic Canada today, with another system expected to bring more messy weather over the weekend. Environment Canada issued special weath...

OTTAWA - “We believe, and our counsel believes, that this is a perfectly valid interpretation of ‘national security’ the way that it’s used in section 232, which is much broade...

Health insurer Cigna is buying the nation’s biggest pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, the latest in a string of proposed tie-ups as health care’s bill payers attempt to get a grip...

HALIFAX - The court martial of a Halifax sailor accused of sexually assaulting a subordinate has been postponed because of a power outage. Master Seaman Daniel Cooper’s hearing was scheduled to ...

HALIFAX - Police say they will be present at three schools in Halifax today after unspecified threats were made against them. Officers say they will be at Caledonia Junior High School, Rocky Lake Juni...

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian Paralympic star Brian McKeever grew up without a television. But days before the 1988 Winter Games opened in Calgary, his parents took their long-broken TV s...