Category Archives: Canadian Press

PORTLAND, Maine - New England is running out of mussels. The Gulf of Maine’s once strong population of wild blue mussels is disappearing, scientists say. A study led by marine ecologists at the ...

DALLAS - The day after five Dallas officers were killed by a sniper, the city’s police chief described the men as “guardians” of democracy, praising them for protecting the freedom t...

BOSTON - Energy, the environment, and climate change are expected to be among the key topics when the New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers gather Monday in Boston. Massachusetts Governo...

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium - Although Nico Rosberg trimmed rival Lewis Hamilton’s lead in the Formula One title race after winning the Belgian Grand Prix, it was Hamilton who seemed the happier ...

CALGARY - It’s from one self-declared lover of baby panda snuggles to another. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking for Ottawa’s help in defrayin...

MONTREAL - The National Energy Board’s review of the Energy East Pipeline heads to hostile territory Monday when it resumes in Montreal, where the city’s mayor has called for the process t...

NEW YORK - The hero, a police inspector, prowls a city known more for its political malevolence than its street crime. If you read the local newspapers, you could think it’s a city with almost n...

DURANT, Miss. - More than 300 people came to a small church Sunday evening to say farewell to two nuns killed in their Mississippi home, even though more than half had to watch the service called vigi...

AMATRICE, Italy - Italian authorities are vowing to investigate whether negligence or fraud in adhering to building codes played a role in the high death toll in last week’s earthquake in Italy....

HALIFAX - Canada trails the pack when it comes to mental health funding levels among comparable industrially developed nations – but advocates say a promise from the federal government to improv...