Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Matt Black calls it a step in the right direction. The Toronto Argonauts’ veteran defensive back fully supports the legalization of marijuana in Canada. Recreational pot use becomes le...

Eliminated from playoff contention, Toronto FC has been reduced to the rank of spoiler for the final three games of the MLS regular season. And as luck would have it, Toronto (9-16-6) faces two teams ...

LONDON - Pippa Middleton, the sister of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, has given birth to a baby boy. A spokeswoman for Middleton and her husband James Matthews said Tuesday that their first baby had...

OTTAWA - Eleven years after a teenager killed herself after spending more than three years in segregation in prison, Ottawa is moving to ban the practice of isolating prisoners who pose risks to secur...

WASHINGTON - A senior FBI official accepted two tickets to a sports event from a television reporter who regularly covered the bureau, the Justice Department’s inspector general said Tuesday. Th...

NAIROBI, Kenya - The U.S. military on Tuesday announced its deadliest airstrike against the al-Shabab extremist group in Somalia in nearly a year, killing about 60 fighters. The U.S. Africa Command sa...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A hunters’ group hopes to help feed the hungry by donating moose and other game meat to food banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, but they say the province won’t al...

OTTAWA - The federal government promises it will soon be quicker - and less expensive - to obtain a criminal pardon for simple pot possession convictions of the past. Public Safety Minister Ralph Good...

VANCOUVER - The company that owns a natural gas pipeline that ruptured and burned in central British Columbia a week ago says the dust that settled on homes near the blast site does not pose a health ...

TORONTO - The cancellation of the cap-and-trade system will cost $3 billion in lost revenue over the next four fiscal years, Ontario’s fiscal watchdog said Tuesday, warning the decision would pu...