Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military says it has started pulling equipment, but not troops, out of Syria as a first step in meeting President Donald Trump’s demand for a complete military withdrawal. ...

WASHINGTON - The government shutdown is wreaking havoc on many Americans: Hundreds of thousands of federal employees don’t know when they’ll see their next paycheque, and low-income people...

KINSHASA, Congo - Congo’s presidential runner-up Martin Fayulu has asked the constitutional court to order a recount in the disputed election, declaring on Saturday that “you can’t m...

LAGOS, Nigeria - An overturned oil tanker exploded in Nigeria while dozens of people were scooping up the leaking fuel and many were killed, police and witnesses said Saturday. Hundreds of people have...

OTTAWA - Municipal and provincial governments in Canada are all looking for better ways to deal with their growing pothole problems, but none is properly tracking whether the repairs they do now are e...

TORONTO - A Saudi teen described as a “brave new Canadian” by an official from the government that granted her refugee status as she fled her allegedly abusive family is en route to her ne...

PARIS - A powerful explosion apparently caused by a gas leak blew apart a Paris bakery on Saturday and devastated the street it was on, killing three people and injuring dozens as it blasted out windo...

OTTAWA - The investigation into a deadly bus crash on a busy Ottawa route will not yield answers quickly, the city’s police chief said Saturday as he cautioned the public not to jump to conclusi...

TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $18.2 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw, and it was sold somewhere in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Jan. 18 wil...

Friday’s Games NHL Carolina 4, Buffalo 3 Winnipeg 4, Detroit 2 Calgary 4, Florida 3 Pittsburgh 7, Anaheim 4 — AHL Belleville 4, Grand Rapids 3, (SO) Bridgeport 4, Utica 3, (OT) Cleveland 4...