Category Archives: Canadian Press

KEY LARGO, Fla. - Prudence Duchene will never forget the day she moved to Key West. It was Aug. 30 - the day a storm brewing in the Atlantic got named Irma. Duchene, 22, was actually waiting to board ...

PITTSBURGH - An Army veteran who fended off a mentally ill man who tried to attack a chess class the veteran was teaching at an Illinois public library is one of 18 people being honoured with Carnegie...

WASHINGTON - Time growing short, President Donald Trump and Republican Senate leaders dove into a frantic hunt for votes Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to repeal and replace “Obamacare.” T...

WASHINGTON - Most of the states that first endorsed the Common Core academic standards are still using them in some form, despite continued debate over whether they are improving student performance i...

MONTREAL - The Quebec man whose vehicle was linked to an Amber Alert case last week remained missing on Tuesday despite intensive searches by Quebec’s provincial police. Police spent a fifth day...

MONTREAL - Air Canada is seeking a credit card partner for its new loyalty program which it says will help improve the bond with passengers and drive increased profits. The Montreal-based airline says...

RENK COUNTY, South Sudan - “They told us we’d only be here for six days, and that was six years ago,” Ramadan Wani says. Anxiously rubbing his hands together, the 46-year-old sits hu...

NEW YORK - The problems keep piling up for Facebook, and it’s unclear how long the internet giant will be able to brush them aside as it barrels toward acquiring its next billion users. The worl...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - At Dubai’s Black Tap restaurant, the Americana doesn’t stop at the hamburgers cooking on the grill or hip hop pumping from the speakers. It’s also being...

WASHINGTON - Homebuilders slowed their pace of construction by 0.8 per cent in August, the second straight monthly decline. A steep drop in multifamily construction more than offset a slight gain in s...