Category Archives: Canadian Press

CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island is offering help to people affected by record-breaking flooding in New Brunswick. Premier Wade MacLauchlan says the provincial government will donate $25...

HALIFAX - The recent harvesting of old-growth forests in eastern Nova Scotia illustrates a “desperate need” to reform the province’s forestry practices, says a longtim...

OTTAWA - Nigeria has committed to helping reduce the flow of asylum seekers into Canada and has pledged to issue travel documents more quickly to its citizens who are in the process of being expelled ...

A dramatic shift in the first week of Ontario’s election campaign may see two of the province’s major parties redraw their plans as New Democrats try to build on their momentum and the Lib...

SANTA FE, Texas - A 17-year-old armed with a shotgun and a pistol opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. It was the nation’...

NEW YORK - Two New York City artists are hoping to give travellers at LaGuardia Airport something to look forward to with custom short stories written at the terminal. Lexie Smith and Gideon Jacobs se...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.2 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfound...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.2 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluc...

OTTAWA - Higher pump prices helped the annual inflation rate stay in the upper half of the central bank’s target range last month - but even without pricier gas, un...

CLARKS HILL, S.C. - South Carolina’s most talented escape artist may be a kangaroo. News outlets report the McCormick County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that a mischievous marsupia...