Category Archives: Canadian Press

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Like many gym rats, Paul Russell lifts weights and runs obstacle courses. Here’s what makes him different: Russell is 94 - so old he has been retired longer than hi...

MONTREAL - While some wildlife photographers dream of that perfect shot of a majestic moose or a swooping snowy owl, some observers say more and more people are stoo...

TORONTO - There are two winning tickets for Saturday night’s $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot. Both were purchased in the Prairies, and each is worth $2.5 million. The draw’s guaranteed $1 mil...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday revealed his latest picks to be cardinals in the Catholic Church, including his chief aide for helping the poor in Rome and prelates based in Iraq and Pakistan, w...

PAHOA, Hawaii - A volcano that is oozing, spewing and exploding on Hawaii’s Big Island has gotten more hazardous in recent days, with rivers of molten rock flowing into the ocean and flying lava...

SEATTLE - The two mountain bikers did what they were supposed to do when they noticed a mountain lion tailing them on a trail east of Seattle. They got off their bikes. They faced the beast, shouted a...

BAGHDAD - Iraq’s Muqtada al-Sadr, the maverick Shiite cleric whose political coalition beat out Iran’s favoured candidates to come in first in national elections, says he wants to form a g...

HAVANA - The Mexican charter company whose 39-year-old plane crashed in Havana had been the subject of two serious complaints about its crews’ performance over the last decade, according to auth...

KINSHASA, Congo - Congo will begin administering an experimental Ebola vaccine Monday in Mbandaka, the northwestern city of 1.2 million where the deadly disease has infected some residents, Congo̵...

BEIRUT - A cease-fire between Syrian government forces and Islamic State militants in the southern neighbourhoods of Damascus has held for 24 hours amid reports that some of the fighters were permitte...