Category Archives: Canadian Press

Chrystie Fitchner knows she made a stupid mistake, a one-minute mistake. And she feels she’s paid enough for it over the last eight years. The former Winnipeg high school teacher made headlines ...

NEW YORK - It was my way and the highway for a newborn New Yorker, who’s now named after the expressway where she was born in her parents’ minivan as they raced to a hospital. Alie Albarra...

JERUSALEM - A popular former Israeli military chief jumped into the political fray Thursday, announcing he would run for office in the upcoming election and instantly injecting a potent challenge to P...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a wide-ranging overhaul of top government posts on Thursday, including naming a new foreign minister, following international fall...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy entered 2018 on an unexpectedly impressive run. The country begins 2019 on a healthy note but signs of weakness have raised a key question: how long until the good times ...

CARACAS, Venezuela - A strong earthquake jolted Venezuelans from their sleep early Thursday, forcing residents in the capital to evacuate buildings in their pyjamas before sunrise. There were no immed...

VANCOUER, B.C. - Maxime Comtois may be the captain of Canada’s junior hockey team but the 19-year-old says he isn’t alone. “We’re all leaders on this team. We’re all wear...

MONTREAL - When Maxime Bernier, leader of the nascent People’s Party of Canada, recently appeared on a Quebec TV news panel, the pundits laughed at his suggestion that Ottawa could force an oil ...

VANCOUVER - Climate change is prompting glaciers in British Columbia, Yukon and Alberta to retreat faster than at any time in history, threatening to raise water levels and create deserts, scientists ...

OTTAWA - “We took a one-per-cent growth rate under the Conservatives and turned it into a three-per-cent growth rate. We created 700,000 new jobs over the past three years, and right now we have...