Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Infectious disease expert Scott Weese says he’d never consider keeping reptiles as pets. “I’ve got kids and young kids and reptiles aren’t a safe combination because ...

HOBBS, N.M. - Authorities say a fugitive’s sweet tooth helped police capture a wanted New Mexico man after he tried to take a doughnut without paying for it. The Hobbs News-Sun reports (https://...

MONCTON, N.B. - Restoring fluoride to drinking water is a no-brainer, say dentists in one New Brunswick city, citing a dramatic increase in tooth decay since fluoride use ended there in 2011. Suzanne ...

More than 100 pigs survived a truck crash in the Toronto area only to be marched to the slaughterhouse on foot shortly afterward in an incident that resulted in an animal activist already in trouble w...

WASHINGTON - U.S. services companies grew last month at the fastest pace in nearly a year, potential good news for the U.S. economy. The Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday that its service...

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories edged higher in August, with a key category that tracks business investment plan rising for a third straight month. Factory orders increased 0.2 per cent in Augus...

MONTREAL - Prominent Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor says he’s still getting over the shock of being named the first-ever recipient of the Berggruen Prize. The Montreal philosopher and write...

NEW YORK - Arch Coal says it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and its stock will trade again on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday. The company, which has been hurt by weakening de...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia is confirming that an American has been killed in a part of the country that has seen months of deadly protests. The embassy on Wednesday attribute...

WASHINGTON - TIM KAINE: “We do not think that women should be punished as Donald Trump said they should for making the decision to have an abortion….That is the fundamental difference betw...