Category Archives: Canadian Press

AGASSIZ, B.C. - Cpl. Mike Rail says there is no need to exaggerate an RCMP fish story on the rescue of a 2.4-metre sturgeon from a landlocked pond near the Fraser River in British Columbia. He says an...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The struggle for control of the New Brunswick legislature moved to the courts Tuesday with recounts set for two ridings - including one Saint John district where a lawyer for the Pr...

OTTAWA - Parliament has formally stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship for complicity in the atrocities committed against Myanmar’s Rohingya people. The Senate voted una...

WASHINGTON - From deep within the pantheon of diplomacy that is the United Nations came hardly a warning shot - it was a rocket-propelled rhetorical grenade aimed directly at Canada, with a concussive...

VANCOUVER - Police say 17 banks in British Columbia were defrauded of more than $30,000 over a three-month period by a suspect who allegedly passed off washers as toonies hidden in coin rolls. North V...

TORONTO - Allowing the display and advertising of vaping products in thousands of convenience stores across Ontario will lead to increased nicotine addiction among teenagers, a coalition of health gro...

TORONTO - Mike Babcock says a lot of people thought he was crazy after signing on to become head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. There were times in the beginning when he felt the same way. “T...

OTTAWA - The newly released North American trade pact could prevent large websites from having to quickly take down questionable material in what is being seen as a potential victory for freedom of sp...

NEW YORK - Major League Baseball is opening October by blasting the game’s so-called “unwritten rules.” MLB released an advertisement ahead of Tuesday’s post-season opener deno...

BISMARCK, N.D. - Environmental groups opposing the site of an oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota want a judge to reconsider his recent recommend...