Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - The future of the often heart-rending stories told by survivors of Canada’s residential schools will be decided by the country’s top court. The Supreme Court of Canada said Thurs...

HALIFAX - Almost every day, exactly at noon, Alec Stratford is jolted by a thunderous boom that reverberates through his office, the intense blast so loud it rattles the plate-glass windows. Stratford...

PHILADELPHIA - Amtrak will pay $265 million to settle claims related to a crash last year that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others when a speeding train derailed on a curve at night. ...

In this photo by Andy Wong, a model presents a wedding dress designed by Tsai Meiyue during the Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week in Beijing. Tsai’s other creations for weddings included illumina...

WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week, moving closer to historically low levels. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage eased to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Amy Yang took the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia lead, and Michelle Wie had her best score in more than a year. Lydia Ko had to fight to get back to even par in her first event sinc...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the ballot less than two weeks before the election and with thousands of votes already cast, b...

WASHINGTON - A reference to the Keystone XL pipeline was chopped from Hillary Clinton’s memoir due to political considerations, according to the latest batch of stolen emails posted Thursday on ...

LEICESTER, N.C. - A North Carolina woman who bought a scratch-off ticket to show her husband that lottery tickets are a waste of money has won $1 million. Glenda Blackwell of Leicester tells WLOS-TV (...

Calgary police say a man accused of abducting his partner’s six children and driving them to Ontario likely thought he was doing the right thing. The mother of the children, aged between 18 mont...