Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - Shell Canada may have abandoned the first of its deepwater wells off Nova Scotia, but questions remain on what to do about an undersea coil of steel pipes - each weighing at least 20 tonnes ...

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. - A Detroit-area man who served 16 years in prison for killing his first wife was charged Thursday with killing his two children and two stepchildren, and torturing his wife. P...

OTTAWA - A longtime refugee advocate says stories such as that of Liberal MP Maryam Monsef are not uncommon as families fleeing war and violence reconstruct their past in a new land. Monsef, widely to...

OTTAWA - A new report by human rights researchers urges Canada to urgently find alternatives to locking up child migrants, saying the practice has a harmful and lasting effect on already vulnerable ne...

WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged lower this week. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac says the average for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined to 3.48 per cent from 3.50 per cent last week...

JACKSON, Miss. - Police now say they are trying to figure out whether anyone was ever held hostage in a Mississippi house where they’d earlier believed a man was holding more than a dozen people...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Schools across P.E.I. reopened Thursday after all were evacuated over a bomb threat that police determined was not credible. P.E.I. Premier Wade MacLauchlan says his government will ta...

TORONTO - With the World Cup of Hockey occupying attention at the Air Canada Centre some 14 kilometres to the east, the Toronto Maple Leafs opened their centennial season somewhat under the radar Thur...

OTTAWA - Canada and China are launching exploratory talks towards a free trade agreement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday during a visit that saw the Chinese premier publicly defend his co...

CALGARY - A group of credit risk assessors predicted Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak would win an Olympic medal in the women’s 100-metre butterfly in Rio. They said Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom...