Category Archives: Canadian Press

WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s port city of Gdansk, where the longtime mayor died Monday after being stabbed at a fundraiser, served as the setting for key events in 20th century European history, fr...

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. - An armed man who entered a UPS processing facility Monday morning and held two women hostage for several hours was shot and killed by police as he left the building with the wom...

WASHINGTON - The bitter debate about American security prompted Canada’s emissaries in Washington to prepare for another round of defending the world’s longest undefended border on Monday,...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Billionaire J.B. Pritzker took the oath Monday as Illinois governor, giving Democrats nearly unprecedented power at the Statehouse after four years of divided government only worse...

Veterans Ray Barkwill, Nick Blevins, Hubert Buydens and Ciaran Hearn lead Canada’s 28-man roster for the first two games of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship. The Canadian men, currently rank...

MONTREAL - Members of Quebec’s three main opposition parties met with the justice minister Monday to discuss how to reform the way Quebec adjudicates sexual assault cases. The meeting came amid ...

KELOWNA, B.C. - Free agent defenceman Josh Gorges retired on Monday after 13 seasons in the National Hockey League. The 34-year-old native of Kelowna, B.C., announced his decision in his hometown, whe...

TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas’ new Democratic governor called Monday for the state to “forge a new chapter” of bipartisanship, arguing as she took office that the Statehouse had lost the ...

MIAMI - A Florida man got a slithery shock when he popped open the hood of his car and found a boa constrictor resting on the engine. Ernst Dimanche tells WSVN he had just dropped his kids off at scho...

LONDON - Van Morrison has performed one of his best-loved songs at the funeral of his longtime friend, the historian and politician Ian Adamson. Morrison sang “Into the Mystic” - one of hi...