Category Archives: Canadian Press

LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. - Authorities say they’ve arrested a teenager suspected with two others of carjacking an elderly woman at gunpoint in the parking lot of a Florida Walmart. The Sun Sentine...

OBERRIED, Germany - Canadians Brian McKeever and Collin Cameron captured medals Tuesday at the IPC World Cup para nordic ski event. McKeever, of Canmore, Alta., won the men’s visually impaired c...

TORONTO - Drawing on themes of fair play and perseverance, the Canadian Olympic Committee launched its new “Virtue and Victory” campaign Tuesday. If the Russian doping scandal has cast a p...

NEW YORK - Oscar nods for women and minorities drew many of the headlines in Tuesday’s nominations, but this year’s Academy Awards also mark a breakthrough for transgender filmmakers. Yanc...

TORONTO - When most people think about deaths from influenza, elderly patients with underlying health conditions are likely the first to come to mind. But the complications of flu can also be fatal on...

WASHINGTON - It would seem like a pretty good time to take over as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Jerome Powell has won Senate confirmation to head the U.S. central bank, inheriting an economy on a ...

TORONTO - Ontario’s premier says the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership must not come at the expense of key Ontario sectors, including the auto industry. Kathleen Wynne says while freer trade and...

Philadelphia wants to become the first U.S. city to allow supervised drug injection sites as a way to combat the opioid epidemic, officials announced Tuesday, saying they are seeking outside operators...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania who settled a former aide’s sexual harassment complaint with taxpayer money said Tuesday that he developed a deep affection for her a...

MONTREAL - Several Quebec municipalities that want to reduce their use of rock salt are turning to beet juice and wood chips as alternative de-icing options. Eric Westram, the mayor of Montreal-area R...