Category Archives: Canadian Press

Beijing, host of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, has a snow problem: Hardly any of the white stuff falls on the Chinese capital despite freezing temperatures. Taking the matter in hand, the games organ...

LONDON - Pop star Demi Lovato, singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes, rockers The Killers and grime artist Stormzy are set to perform at MTV’s Europe Music Awards in London. The EMAs will also feature ...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since Richard Nixon was president. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that claims ...

BRUSSELS - European Union leaders told British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday to match her goodwill pledges to boost Brexit negotiations with concrete proposals if she really wants to start di...

BOBCAYGEON, Ont. - When Dave Bailey first heard last year that Gord Downie had terminal brain cancer, he knew he needed to head to Bobcaygeon, Ont., after the Tragically Hip frontman died. The Pickeri...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police in Newfoundland and Labrador are defending a national police operation aimed at finding victims of human trafficking working in the sex trade. Last week, the St. John&#...

OTTAWA - “We believe it’s important to point out to our U.S. friends that dairy producers in the U.S. also receive subsidies from the government, very significant subsidies.” - Forei...

HALIFAX - Sara Seager has pledged to spend the rest of her life searching for another Earth among the billions of stars that inhabit our night sky. “That’s our goal: to find life out there...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Jacinda Ardern will be New Zealand’s next prime minister and hopes to take the country on a more liberal path following nine years of rule by the conservatives. The out...

ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani court on Thursday indicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as well as his daughter and son-in-law on corruption charges stemming from documents leaked from a Panama law firm...