Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - A First Nations leader says she is profoundly grateful after a trip to northern Ontario with Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie to celebrate his “very haunting” new project that...

COPENHAGEN - In a Sept. 9 story about Facebook allowing postings of a 1972 photo of a naked, screaming girl after a napalm attack in Vietnam, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the social ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The sound of car horns rang out over part of St. John’s harbour as residents of a small, grief-stricken community offered their thanks to crews who for days searched wat...

LONDON - MasterCard is being sued for 14 billion pounds ($18.6 billion) on behalf of British consumers for allegedly charging excessive fees on millions of transactions over a 16-year period. The suit...

PARIS - A failed car bombing in the heart of Paris was hatched by a group of French women, including one once engaged to men who had already killed in the name of the Islamic State group, France’...

LISBON, Portugal - A passenger train derailed Friday in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region, killing at least four people, including an American tourist, and injuring 48 others who were taken to...

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- REBOUND IN JOBS NUMBERS EXPECTED Economists expect a rebound in Canada’s August jobs numbers today after a sharp drop the previous month...

OTTAWA - The roller-coaster Canadian job market roared higher in August, climbing back from its July plunge, but economists cautioned the longer-term trend for growth remains sluggish. The economy cre...

CALGARY - A federal judge has apologized for “rude and insulting” comments he made at a sexual-assault trial where he asked the complainant why she couldn’t keep her knees together. ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - For months, Hillary Clinton’s supporters have griped that she’s held to a higher, harder standard than Donald Trump. After Wednesday night’s forum on national se...