Category Archives: Canadian Press

IRBIL, Iraq - Iraq’s Kurds vote this month on whether or not they support independence for their enclave in the country’s north, a step toward their long-held dream of statehood. The outco...

BERKELEY, Calif. - There is a price to pay for free speech, and the University of California, Berkeley forecasts inflation. It cost the famously liberal university an estimated $600,000 to put the cam...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - Fisherman Jake Bunch leans over the side of the fishing boat “Sadie K,” spears his catch, and reels it aboard: an abandoned crab pot, dangling one limp lasagna nood...

JERUSALEM - Israel on Thursday said the international marathon body was injecting politics into sports by excluding an Israeli race because it passes through West Bank territory the Palestinians and m...

SAINT-HONOR, Que. - For Mayor Bruno Tremblay, the latest case of hateful graffiti in his Quebec town was the final straw. Sometime on Wednesday, “Ville Blanche” (‘White Town”) ...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne was considering her legal options Thursday after the Opposition leader refused to retract comments that she warned could lead to a defamation lawsuit. Wynne...

TORONTO - Another Canadian clothing retailer, Roots Corp., wants to take its company public as it plans a massive North American and international expansion over the next several years. For the herita...

LONDON - The British government confirmed Thursday it is asking the country’s competition regulator to investigate Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.’s bid for satellite broadcaster Sky because...

WASHINGTON - The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few feet, and there was silence. He climbed back into bed. Inexplicably, the agoni...

TORONTO - A frank discussion about the “best case scenario” for Gord Downie after his brain cancer diagnosis and the singer’s struggle to live up to expectations as the Tragically Hi...