Category Archives: Canadian Press

NEW YORK - McDonald’s is recalling millions of fitness bands that had been given away in Happy Meals because they might cause skin irritation or burns to children. The fast-food chain said last ...

WASHINGTON - Americans stepped up their purchases of new homes in July to the fastest pace in nearly nine years, the latest sign that low mortgage rates and a solid job market are helping support the ...

OTTAWA - Ethics commissioner Mary Dawson is now examining whether Health Minister Jane Philpott violated the Conflict of Interest Act in her use of a high-end car service owned by a Liberal supporter....

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s independent police watchdog is investigating the case of a man found unresponsive in cells at Halifax police headquarters. Halifax police say the 47-year-old man was arre...

ALIQUIPPA, Pa. - A Pennsylvania couple is offering a $500 reward for the safe return of their missing potbellied pig, who also serves as a therapy animal. The Vietnamese potbellied pig named Charlotte...

KABUL - An American soldier was killed and another wounded by a roadside bomb on Tuesday during an operation in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, the U.S. military said. The military̵...

SAN FRANCISCO - Police are searching for a man who bit off a bartender’s finger after being kicked out of a San Francisco bar at closing time. Officer Carlos Manfredi said Monday that the suspec...

CHICAGO - A fire at a Chicago apartment building that appears to have been deliberately set killed four people Tuesday, including three children, police said. It took around 200 firefighters three hou...

ANKARA, Turkey - After a pre-dawn barrage of heavy artillery and airstrikes, Turkish tanks and special forces pushed into Syria on Wednesday in a U.S.-backed assault aiming to retake a border town fro...

OTTAWA - Federal health officials are advising consumers to avoid eating a brand of oysters that are being recalled because they may be contaminated with salmonella. The oysters, packaged as “La...