Category Archives: Canadian Press

CALGARY - For 56-year-old farmer Shannon Webb, waking up Friday to six inches of snow coating his grain fields near Wynyard, Sask., the frustration of an interrupted harvest wins out, for now, over wo...

WILMINGTON, United States - The governor of North Carolina says the state faces “major destruction” from Hurricane Matthew. There have been seven storm fatalities in the state. More to com...

WASHINGTON - Qymana Botts saw white colleagues with the same amount of experience getting promoted to cashier ahead of her at the Indiana discount store where she worked. When she asked her supervisor...

MONTREAL - A “spectacular” abandoned mine in western Quebec has become so popular with tourists the provincial government is considering demolishing it, says a citizens group. The abandone...

VANCOUVER - A proper funeral is far more than an end-of-life celebration for practising Catholics, who believe last rites cleanse the soul of sin in preparation for eternal life in heaven. But for the...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis named 17 new cardinals Sunday, adding like-minded prelates from dioceses big and small to the club who will elect the next pope. Three were Americans in a clear signal to t...

ISTANBUL - Kurdish militants detonated a car bomb Sunday outside a military checkpoint in southeast Turkey, killing ten soldiers and eight civilians, the prime minister said. Turkey immediately launch...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Ha Na Jang held off Shanshan Feng by a stroke in wind and rain Sunday in the Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship for her third victory of the year. Eight strokes ahead of Feng after a bird...

TORONTO - The $20.5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw was won by a single ticket purchased in Ontario. The draw’s $1 million guaranteed prize also went to an Ontario ticke...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Latest on the shooting of three police officers in Palm Springs. (all times local): 1:05 a.m. Police have taken into custody the man suspected of fatally shooting two office...