Category Archives: Canadian Press

OSHAWA, Ont. - Vacant storefronts are a common sight in downtown Oshawa - even a Tim Hortons closed last year amid complaints about loiterers and drug users. Yet, three shops selling comics, toys and ...

MONTREAL - NAFTA negotiators are close to completing at least six non-controversial chapters this weekend in their Montreal talks, including ones on digital commerce and anti-corruption, Canadian and ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is signalling that the country’s newspaper industry is set to get financial help, with the minister in charge of the file vowing of measures in this year’s ...

HALIFAX - The president of Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative Party says she was told by “multiple sources” about a single incident involving inappropriate behaviour by former le...

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland - Wendy Holdener won a World Cup combined race by a big margin on Friday and set herself up as the favourite for the Olympic gold medal next month. First-run leader Lindsey Vo...

NEW ORLEANS - Let the good times roll - just not into New Orleans’ storm drains. That’s the plea from city officials. Local news outlets report cleaning crews have sucked out more than 46 ...

MONCTON, N.B. - Nearly four years after the warm June night that saw three outgunned Mounties killed in a shooting spree, the RCMP was ordered Friday to pay $550,000 for failing to properly arm and tr...

MOSCOW - A Moscow movie theatre that had been showing a satirical film about Soviet leader Josef Stalin in defiance of an official Russian government ban cancelled further screenings Friday. The Pione...

TOKYO - The 2019 Rugby World Cup has its mascots: Two mythical, lion-like creatures that were believed in ancient Japan to chase away evil and bring happiness. The Japanese mascots, named “Ren&#...

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Christof Innerhofer was again fastest in training Friday for the last World Cup downhill race before the Olympics. The Italian, who was also fastest in Thursday’...