Category Archives: Canadian Press

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The “large-scale” case of six teenaged boys accused of keeping intimate photos on a Dropbox account will be an early test of a law designed to combat the unwanted onlin...

MOSCOW - The KGB major was on vacation in the Russian countryside in August 1991 when he woke up to a radio broadcast announcing a state of national emergency. The bulletin contained something else: a...

WASHINGTON - The FBI is strictly limiting access to documents from its closed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and warning members of Congress not to leak them....

Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: ____ TEENS IN NOVA SCOTIA COURT TO FACE CHARGES UNDER NEW LAW Six teenaged boys are expected in a Nova Scotia court today to face the first charg...

TORONTO - The death of Liberal MP Mauril Belanger has shone a spotlight on one of humanity’s most devastating diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. While the prognosis for those who develop A...

TORONTO - The City of Toronto says it’s the first place in Canada to issue a “private transportation companies” licence to ride-hailing app Uber. The licence, which was issued Tuesda...

EDMONTON - A study suggests the legacy of residential schools has left some indigenous people more wary and fearful of Canada’s current education system. The study, published in this month’...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - A Maryland woman has collected and delivered more than 20,000 new and gently used bras and 50,000 feminine hygiene products to shelters around the country. Dana Marlowe, a mother ...

PARIS - Male officials are dictating what women can wear on French beaches - and people across a wide swath of French society say that’s a good thing. Decrees issued by several mayors this month...

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey issued a decree Wednesday paving the way for the conditional release of some 38,000 prisoners, the justice minister said - an apparent move to reduce its prison population to m...