Category Archives: Canadian Press

GANSBAAI, South Africa - On the edge of a boat off this coastal village, Michael Rutzen stubs his cigarette into a soda can and stares pensively out to sea. He has free-dived with great white sharks f...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A former premier of Newfoundland and Labrador has a new job in the province. An official with a service organization in St. John’s says it has hired Kathy Dunderdale as ...

GENEVA - Two days after Russia finished fourth in the Olympic medal table, its Paralympic team was barred from the next big games in Rio de Janeiro as punishment for a state-backed doping program. Spo...

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Gaston is strengthening as it moves over the far eastern Atlantic. The storm’s maximum sustained winds had increased Tuesday to 65 mph (100 kph). The U.S. National Hurrica...

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- JANE PHILPOTT TO REPAY $520 FOR AIRPORT LOUNGE ACCESS The controversy surrounding Jane Philpott’s travel expenses grew Monday as evidenc...

COQUITLAM, B.C. - Shergo Kurdi lifts his shirt to reveal a pale, mottled patchwork of burn scars on his belly and chest - a legacy, he says, of years spent ironing fabric in a Turkish clothing factory...

OTTAWA - The federal treasury is doling out $1.49 billion worth of transit funding among cities in Ontario for track upgrades, new buses and improvements and accessibility upgrades to stations, the pr...

TORONTO - A popular airline says it has stopped offering meal accommodations for the majority of travellers who require special diets for health or religious reasons. Air Transat says passengers flyin...

TORONTO - Two plane loads of Canadian Olympians returned home from Rio to a hero’s welcome, as flag-waving fans clamoured for autographs and cheering family members offered up homecoming hugs. S...

WASHINGTON - For more than a decade, lawmakers have been pointing at their counterparts to take the blame for what just about everyone agrees is a broken immigration system. Republicans say President ...