Category Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Canada was not part of a mass walkout Friday morning during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the United Nations General Assembly. The office of Canadian Ambassador Bob R...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says total tourism spending in the second quarter rose 0.9 per cent as an increase in domestic travel was offset in part by fewer visitors from the U.S. The agency says tota...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Surrounded by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders on Friday that his nation "must finish the job" ag...

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy grew in July but any momentum may have been short lived, Statistics Canada said Friday. Real gross domestic product grew 0.2 per cent in July, marking the first signs of ...

NEW YORK (AP) - All even atop the AL East with three games to go. That means the division title will be determined this weekend by how the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees handle a pair of also-...

MONTREAL - The president of Montreal's Concordia University says the success of the school's most ambitious funding campaign ever is a heartening "statement of faith" that comes at a difficult time fo...

Erica Howe paid it forward in hockey. She wants to do the same in her cancer journey. The goaltender who has represented Canada internationally was among the foot soldiers in the movement for a viable...

VANCOUVER - Tears rolled down Charity Williams' cheeks as she watched Canada's women's rugby team secure its spot in the World Cup final. After winning Olympic silver with Canada's rugby 7s squad in P...

MIAMI (AP) - Dangerous tropical weather brewed Friday in the Atlantic Ocean with Humberto intensifying into a powerful Category 4 hurricane and a system forecasters dubbed "Potential Tropical Cyclone ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Unionized postal workers on strike nationwide Unionized postal workers are on a nationwide strike this morning...