Category Archives: Canadian Press

SEATTLE - Long-term strategies are needed to deal with the risks of mudflows and flooding left behind by the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption, according to a report by the National Academies of Sciences...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Dec. 12 --- OTTAWA TO BUY AUSSIE JETS, TWEAK PROCESS: The Trudeau government is kicking off its latest bid to replace its aging fleet of fighter jets - and a...

SEATTLE - The Seattle City Council adopted new rules on short-term rentals in an attempt to prevent property owners from taking permanent housing units off the market. The rules approved on Monday req...

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - There are so many players at Hockey Canada’s world junior championship selection camp that the ice was completely torn up after just one practice, with pucks bouncing over...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Cult leader Charles Manson died of cardiac arrest accompanied by respiratory failure, triggered by colon cancer that had spread to other areas of his body, according to his death ...

WASHINGTON - Pro-trade lawmakers from Donald Trump’s party are looking outside Washington, pleading for help convincing the president not to make any moves that might blow up the North American ...

Quebec’s population rose slightly in 2016 to hit 8.35 million, the province’s statistics institute said Tuesday. The increase of 68,500 people came from 22,800 more births than deaths, net...

LOS ANGELES - Bruce Brown, whose 1966 surfing documentary “The Endless Summer” moulded the image of the surfer as a seeker and transformed the sport, has died. He was 80. Brown died of nat...

HALIFAX - A former firefighter says her 12-year battle against “systemic” gender discrimination has ended with a settlement that will see a public apology issued by the city of Halifax on ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee woman who posted a video of her tearful son recounting being bullied at school has appeared on national media outlets to deflect accusations of racism. Kimberly Jones to...