Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Dozens of leading civil society voices are calling for changes to the Liberal government’s national security bill to protect privacy and freedoms - the latest sign the high-profile legi...

TORONTO - A classroom program aimed at teaching Canadian elementary and high school students how to detect fake news in an era in which almost anyone can publish information is under development, grou...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas man charged with first-degree murder in the road-rage killing of a 3-year-old boy has been found mentally competent. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports a judge on Mo...

An Ontario university is the latest to join the short list of Canada’s smoke-free post-secondary campuses, a move that anti-smoking advocates hope will help the country’s educational facil...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador NDP Leader Earle McCurdy has always been quick with a quote but was at a loss for words Tuesday as he announced he’s stepping down. “Who ...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - With a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims sparking accusations of ethnic cleansing from the United Nations and others, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said her country doe...

TIJUANA, Mexico - Jose Luis Millan found a new crop of star employees at an upscale Tijuana car wash where customers cross the border from the U.S. to pay up to $950 to have their prized possessions s...

ST. LOUIS - Leaders of several faiths on Tuesday called for peace and justice amid the turmoil that followed the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the 2011 death of a black man. ...

ATLANTA - The officer who fatally shot a Georgia Tech student had been with the campus police department for about 16 months, according to state records. Officer Tyler Beck shot and killed Scout Schul...

BOSTON - A Massachusetts pharmacist facing murder charges for his role in a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak is set to go on trial. Glenn Chin is charged with second-degree murder, conspiracy and...