Author Archives: The Canadian Press

Winnipeg police have charged an ex-NHL agent with fraud alleging he bilked former Ottawa Senators Chris Phillips and Dany Heatley out of $12 million. Stacey McAlpine, who is 54, is charged with two co...

  BEIRUT - U.S.-backed Syrian forces liberated the city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants Tuesday, a senior commander said, in a major defeat for the collapsing extremist group that had procl...

HALIFAX - Actor John Dunsworth, best known for playing Jim Lahey in the comedy series "Trailer Park Boys," has died. The news was confirmed in a statement posted on his Twitter feed Monday evening. "W...

  LOS ANGELES - Thousands of women are responding to actress Alyssa Milano's call to tweet "me too" to raise awareness of sexual harassment and assault following the recent revelation of decades ...

Jill Lawless, The Associated Press LONDON - British police are investigating three new allegations of sexual assault against film producer Harvey Weinstein, all made by the same woman. London's Metrop...

Abdi Guled, The Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia - The death toll from the most powerful bomb blast witnessed in Somalia's capital rose to 231 with more than 275 injured, making it the deadliest si...

Janie Har And Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. - Rising winds fanned the Northern California wildfires early Saturday, forcing hundreds more people to flee from their homes in the st...

VANCOUVER - It may be pumpkin spice season, but Tim Hortons is experimenting with a far more bizarre new latte flavour - Buffalo Sauce, in the latest move by restaurants to create buzz-worthy concocti...

  TULSA, Okla. - Country star Jason Aldean brought the party back Thursday in his return to the stage following the deadly mass shooting that broke out while he was performing in Las Vegas, but t...

A revised chronology given by investigators for the Las Vegas massacre is intensifying pressure for police to explain how quickly they responded to what would become the deadliest mass shooting in mod...