Category Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - A traditional Inuit lamp has been approved as an optional spiritual emblem for headstones at the National Military Cemetery. The qulliq emblem was unveiled Tuesday in a ceremony at Beechwood ...

MONTREAL - Montreal police say two people will be fined for lighting fireworks in the city's downtown after the Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres Monday night in Game 7. Police did not give the amount...

OTTAWA - Canadians worry about sports betting becoming a problem for people they know and more than one in 10 of those surveyed said they placed a wager on a sporting event in the last year, a new pol...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A joint operation against Islamic State fighters by Nigeria and the United States has killed 175 of the fighters over the past few days, the Nigerian military said Tuesday. Milit...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has shrugged off a surprise move by the United States to suspend for review a bilateral defence board that predates the Cold War. "It has a long heritage but I woul...

MONTRAL - Cheese is a common fixture of nearly every meal eaten in Quebec, according to a major new study of Quebecers' eating habits. Funded by the Quebec government, the NutriQubec project collected...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The union representing transit workers in Metro Vancouver is preparing for a strike vote after talks with the operator of bus services broke down. Unifor Locals 1...

ALLEN, Texas (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, supercharging his effort to oust incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in next...

KAMLOOPS - A woman is presumed drowned in the British Columbia Interior after the vehicle she was driving left the road and went into a river. Mounties say the crash happened Sunday around 6:21 p.m. w...

TORONTO - The federal government is advising Canadians not to travel to the province hit by a rare type of Ebola that has no cure in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as public health officials re-eva...