Category Archives: Canadian Press

INNICHEN, Italy - Canada’s Marielle Thomspon dominated her heats, winning silver on Saturday in a ski-cross World Cup event in Italy. Thompson, from Whistler, B.C., was bested only by SwedenR...

WASHINGTON - Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops ...

AIRDRIE, Alta. - Injured Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki is keeping his dark side in check as he and his family celebrate their first Christmas since a bus crash last spring that lef...

DETROIT - The Motown Museum’s expansion plans are getting a year-end boost of more than $2 million from various organizations. The Detroit museum announced this week that it received a $1.3 mill...

London’s Gatwick Airport was plagued by long lines and flight delays Saturday but no new drone sightings, allowing British officials to hope the worse was over after two people were arrested in ...

BEIRUT - Syrian troops have sent reinforcements to the eastern province of Deir el-Zour close to an enclave controlled by the Islamic State group and along the front with U.S.-backed Kurdish-led fight...

BARCELONA, Spain - Those holding ticket number 03347 struck it rich Saturday when they won the top prize in Spain’s famous Christmas lottery. The lottery, known as El Gordo, or “The Fat On...

PARIS - France’s yellow vest protesters, who have brought chaos to Paris for weeks with their economic demands, turned out in sharply reduced numbers Saturday at the start of the Christmas and N...

SRINAGAR, India - A gunbattle between Indian troops and Kashmiri rebels early Saturday left six militants dead and triggered a new round of anti-India protests in the disputed Himalayan region. The fi...

TORONTO - This should be an especially happy holiday season for at least one Lotto Max player. There was just one winning ticket for the $60 million dollar jackpot in Friday night’s draw - and i...