Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Computer “scalper bots” that scoop up huge blocks of tickets to concerts and major sporting events, forcing customers to the more expensive resale market, could soon be outlawed ...

MONROVIA, Liberia - Senegalese-American hip-hop star Akon is endorsing Liberia’s plan to outsource oversight of its primary education system to a Kenya-based for-profit company, a decision that ...

LUDINGTON, Mich. - Guinness World Records says a roughly half-mile-long ice cream sundae that was gobbled up in Michigan this June was the longest ever. The Ludington Daily News reports that the sunda...

Quebec Deputy Government House Leader Gerry Sklavounos stepped down from the Liberal caucus on Thursday after a young woman alleged she was sexually assaulted by someone in the party. Premier Philippe...

TORONTO - Instantly recognizable, identical in French and English, and appealing to a younger demographic. The governing body of Canadian university sport has rebranded as “U Sports” with ...

OTTAWA - A new report on homelessness proposes nearly doubling federal spending on affordable housing over the next 10 years to effectively eliminate the problem. Two groups - the Canadian Observatory...

OTTAWA - TV stations have a responsibility to produce local news, even if it hurts their bottom line, the head of the country’s broadcast regulator told a Commons committee Thursday. Financial p...

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot a black man in August, sparking several nights of unrest, has been charged with sexually assaulting a man the night after the shooting, after th...

MONTREAL - The national anti-doping agencies of Azerbaijan, Brazil, Greece, Guatemala and Indonesia risk being suspended next month unless they fall into compliance with global standards. The World An...

BERLIN - A Syrian man charged with war crimes for allegedly participating in the 2013 kidnapping of a United Nations observer - believed to be a Canadian lawyer - has gone on trial in Germany. The 25-...