Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Hydro-Quebec says it took three hours to completely restore power Tuesday after a massive outage that affected more than a quarter of a million clients in Montreal. The outage was blamed on...

WASHINGTON - The large building at the corner of 22nd and R streets in downtown Washington, D.C., sticks out like a wart in the otherwise upscale neighbourhood. Plywood covers the windows, sleeping ba...

CLARK, Philippines - The Islamic State group sent at least $1.5 million to finance the recently ended siege of the southern Philippine city of Marawi, with the assault leaders using the 2014 IS seizur...

MOSCOW - A 35-year-old Russian celebrity TV host who wants to become a presidential candidate opened her first news conference on Tuesday by demanding the release of all political prisoners. Ksenia So...

TOKYO - A top Tokyo Olympic Games organizer pledged Tuesday to keep water clean and safe at marathon swimming and triathlon venues, where bacterial contamination was detected during the summer. Toshir...

TAMPA, Fla. - Fears of a serial killer have police in Tampa escorting children to school in one neighbourhood near downtown, and a city bus changed its usual route. Three people have been shot to deat...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday opened a major investment conference aimed at shining a spotlight on the country’s efforts to overhaul its economy and society after being jolted i...

SRINAGAR, India - Hundreds of young men - armed with knives, cricket bats and iron rods - patrol the nighttime streets of India-controlled Kashmir these days, hoping their ad-hoc vigilante groups will...

SAN FRANCISCO - Three tourists visiting San Francisco two years ago testified Tuesday that they saw a man - now charged with murder - on a popular pier moments after hearing a gunshot that killed a wo...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The diversion program for intoxicated drivers that Tiger Woods is expected to enter Friday is one of several across the country aimed at reducing the number of repeat offenders...