Category Archives: Canadian Press

As communities across Ontario gear up for municipal elections later this month, a growing number of candidates face no competition at all. Figures from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario ind...

Jenny Wright remembers scrolling through her social media feed a year ago to find “every single woman” on her Facebook page issuing the same simple declaration: #MeToo. As the executive di...

TORONTO - Jimmy’s Cannabis will be opening its doors to the public for the first time on Oct. 17 - but it’s still not clear whether there will be any pot products on its shelves. The Saska...

HALIFAX - An emergency intercom in the jail unit of a young Halifax man who died of a methadone overdose had been improperly disabled by guards who regarded it as a nuisance, according to a correction...

TORONTO - A Canadian group that pushed for change in the country’s screen industry amid the #MeToo movement is taking matters into its own hands after seeing a lack of action. Actresses Mia Kirs...

KABUL - The Taliban have attacked an army base in western Afghanistan, killing 17 Afghan soldiers and abducting 11 others, officials said Sunday. Ghausuddin Noorzai, the district chief in Pusht Rod, s...

VANCOUVER - Doctors with opposing views on whether medical marijuana should be prescribed for various conditions agree on one thing: their profession is ill-prepared to deal with patients asking for a...

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. - Mourners at a funeral for four sisters and their family members killed in a New York limousine crash were assured Saturday that their loved ones can still see their tears and feel th...

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened “very painful blows” against Gaza’s Hamas rulers if they don’t halt protests along the perimeter fenc...

MEXICO BEACH, Fla. - Crews with backhoes and other heavy equipment scooped up splintered boards, broken glass, chunks of asphalt and other debris in hurricane-flattened Mexico Beach on Sunday as the m...