Category Archives: Canadian Press

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine communist rebels declared a weeklong cease-fire Friday to promote the resumption of long-stalled peace talks aimed at ending one of Asia’s longest-raging rebelli...

HONOLULU - U.S. Food and Drug Administration tests found hepatitis A in scallops from the Philippines, which have been identified as the likely source of an outbreak of the virus in Hawaii. The Hawaii...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national inflation rate was 1.3 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundla...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.3 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated...

OTTAWA - The country’s annual inflation rate was 1.3 per cent in July as Canadians paid more for shelter and food but less for fuel, Statistics Canada said Friday. This overall inflation number ...

WASHINGTON - A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s then-ruling political party, attempting to s...

OWEN SOUND, Ont. - Police in Ontario said there is no indication of foul play in the death of a 19-year-old soldier from Nova Scotia, whose body was found along a rugged shoreline of Georgian Bay foll...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Bloomington police were searching Friday for an armed woman they say robbed a convenience store near the Indiana University campus, prompting the school to issue an emergency alert...

LONDON - You might not think there’s much overlap between Amy Winehouse and the work of playwright Terence Rattigan, chronicler of upper-crust British stiff upper lips. But the troubled diva is ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte apologized Friday for his behaviour surrounding an incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas station, saying he should have been more “careful and candid...