Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there will be no early election call. In a roundtable interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau says he is happy to rule out the prospect of a snap ballot,...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s ambitious plans to dramatically expand the province’s lucrative offshore oil and gas industry got a nasty jolt on Nov. 16. Amid a fierc...

HALIFAX - Much to the relief of his loving family, Baloo the cat came back - just not the very next day - after being mistakenly shipped 1,200 kilometres away. “There’s been lots of treats...

THAIWOO, China - Another day, another World Cup victory for Mikael Kingsbury. Kingsbury won his third gold medal in as many starts in the moguls World Cup season on Sunday, coming in first in the dual...

TORONTO - With 35 fights under his belt, NABA welterweight champion Samuel Vargas thought he had pretty much seen it all. Then came Gabriel Adrian Pereiro. The 40-year-old Argentine clowned, clutched ...

CAMROSE, Alta. - A peanut-and-chocolate candy popular decades ago has been flying off shelves since an Alberta couple revived it earlier this year. The Cuban Lunch bar disappeared in 1991 when the Pau...

TOKYO - A suspected gas explosion destroyed wooden buildings housing a restaurant and a real estate office in northern Japan on Sunday night, injuring 42 people, police and local media said. The power...

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - North Koreans are marking the seventh anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong Il with visits to statues and vows of loyalty to his son, Ki...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted, ejecting columns of thick ash as high as 7,500 metres (24,606 feet) into the sky. Mount Soputan, located on the northern part of Sulawe...

SRINAGAR, India - A security clampdown and a strike sponsored by separatists fighting against Indian rule shut most of Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday, a day after chaotic protests and fighting ...