Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Endless applause rained down on the Olympic athletes who flooded the floor of the House of Commons this week - an indication, surely, of the pride that MPs of all political stripes feel for t...

PHOENIX - A federal appeals court has blocked an Arizona law making it a felony to collect early ballots, a win for the Democratic get-out-the-vote effort shortly before Election Day. Friday’s o...

CHESNEE, S.C. - For 13 years, the relatives came together periodically to grieve one of South Carolina’s grisliest mass shootings and compare leads with stumped investigators. On Sunday, they ga...

NEW YORK - Two police sergeants were shot, one fatally, in an exchange of gunfire on Friday with a man suspected of breaking into a woman’s home, authorities said. The gunman also was killed. Go...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will ban the sale of shower gels, toothpaste and facial scrubs containing plastic microbeads, effective July 1, 2018. A notice published Friday in the Canada Ga...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - A former student at Rutgers University returned to its business school and stabbed a faculty member, another student and then himself on Friday, officials said. The university sent ...

LOS ANGELES - HBO’s weekly talk show “Any Given Wednesday” is ending its run after less than five months. The last episode of the show hosted by Bill Simmons will air next week on No...

MOSCOW - Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., were in third place after the short dance on Friday at the Rostelecom Cup, the third stop on the ISU Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Madis...

ROULEAU, Sask. - It’s been years since the cameras have rolled at “Corner Gas.” Years since Brent cracked wise with Hank from behind the store counter. Years since Emma gave Oscar wh...

LITTLETON, Colo. - It’s not pranksters or vandals who placed toilet paper all over the streets of Littleton, Colorado, it was city workers. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/2e9pIlw ) that ...