Category Archives: Canadian Press

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Kay has formed in the Pacific off the coast of Mexico. The storm’s maximum sustained winds early Friday are near 40 mph (65 kph) with no significant change in strength exp...

BEIJING - The Chinese government is holding chief editors of news websites personally liable for content, months after several portals posted material that was seen as embarrassing to President Xi Jin...

FONTANA, Calif. - A wildfire quickly turned into an inferno and within hours had ravaged pine forests near the California ski town of Wrightwood - but only half of its more than 4,500 residents heeded...

OTTAWA - After shelling out almost half a million dollars for Justin Trudeau to hole up with his 30 ministers at two different luxury resorts, taxpayers will get a break this weekend when the prime mi...

NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton can’t seem to escape her use of a private email server as she runs for president. But faced with the choice of Donald Trump, voters seem willing to tolerate the questi...

SALEM, Ore. - Nine living marijuana plants will be displayed at the Oregon State Fair in a first of its kind event for the United States starting next Friday. The exhibit of the non-flowering, immatur...

Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: VIA PONDERS CHEAP FARES IN B.C. VIA Rail has joined discussions with the British Columbia government, First Nations and community groups to offe...

VANCOUVER - The aunt of a Syrian toddler who was shown in a haunting photo lying lifeless on a beach says the photograph this week of a bloody boy pulled from a collapsed building in Aleppo is heartbr...

VANCOUVER - An east Vancouver neighbourhood has gotten increasingly colourful lately, but the people behind dozens of new murals in the area say the art is about more than beautifying empty walls. Mor...

VANCOUVER - Via Rail has joined discussions with the British Columbia government, First Nations and social service agencies to offer rock-bottom fares to “vulnerable” people who can’...