Category Archives: Canadian Press

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Yarelys Barrios of Cuba was stripped of the silver medal in the women’s discus from the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Thursday after testing positive in a reanalysis of her do...

BOSTON - An Ontario man has pleaded guilty to charges he imported marijuana and MDMA, also known as ecstasy, from Canada into the United States. U.S. Massachusetts Attorney Carmen Ortiz says Gurshuran...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - For weeks, Donald Trump flirted with a self-described “softening” of the hard-line immigration policies that propelled him to the Republican nomination, raising the hopes ...

BEIRUT - Syria’s government secured a deal to restore its authority over another rebellious Damascus suburb on Thursday while Syrian rebels captured new ground in a lightning advance on the cent...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Thursday proposed that caring for the environment be added to the traditional seven works of mercy that Christians are called to perform, taking his green agenda to a ne...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Rough terrain complicated efforts to recover the bodies of four Alaskans and a Montana man who were killed when two small planes collided in western Alaska, authorities said Thursd...

Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- WORK TO BEGIN ON INQUIRY INTO MISSING, MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN Marion Buller, the judge who will lead a national inquiry into missing and m...

CINCINNATI - “Crushed.” ”Disappointed.” ”Confused.” Some Hispanic leaders who have been advising Donald Trump say they feel betrayed after his long-awaited immigrat...

HOLTVILLE, Calif. - In this election year, in this place, in the rare event someone mentions Canada it’s liable to be as a joke. John Hernandez offers an example of the genre. He greets a visito...

VANCOUVER - A self-styled champion of privatized health care is bringing his fight to British Columbia Supreme Court on Tuesday for the start of a months-long trial he says is about patients’ ac...