Category Archives: Canadian Press

SHERBROOKE, Que. - After ballooning costs prompted New Brunswick to abandon the 2021 Francophonie Games, Sherbrooke, Que., has agreed to step in as host as long as spending can be kept under control. ...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - An expert on cellphone towers says the chances are “very small” that Richard Oland’s cell phone was still in his Saint John office when it received a final text me...

OTTAWA - The Liberal chair of the House of Commons justice committee is open to probing whether the Prime Minister’s Office tried to influence the former justice minister not to proceed with a p...

OTTAWA - The Public Prosecution Service of Canada says it never sought or received instructions from the government over the breach-of-trust case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Norman’s legal...

NEW YORK - Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed wit...

MADRID - A politically charged trial of a dozen Catalan separatist leaders began Tuesday in Spain’s Supreme Court amid protests and the possibility of an early general election being called in t...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Former Toronto FC striker Sebastian Giovinco scored in his debut for Al-Hilal FC as the Saudi champion beat Al-Qadsiah 4-1 on Tuesday in Saudi Pro League play. Giovinco, who wor...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May urged restive lawmakers Tuesday to hold their nerve and give her more time to rework a divorce agreement with the European Union, heightening concerns that ...

OTTAWA - A snapshot of the first large group of Syrian refugees arriving in Canada finds those the government sponsored are less educated, less likely to speak English or French and had more trouble f...

JUNEAU, Alaska - A celebrity chef is visiting Alaska’s capital. The Juneau Empire reports Gordon Ramsay arrived in the capital Sunday night. He says he is shooting a television show. Ramsay repo...