Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - Millions of dollars in subsidies for a Nova Scotia tidal project is just one of the coming announcements as Ottawa boosts riskier forms of renewable energy, says the federal natural resource...

DELTA, B.C. - A British Columbia man who witnessed dozens of birds falling from the sky just south of Vancouver says he was horrified by the sight. “I called it birdageddon. It was really, reall...

WINNIPEG - A former radio host in Winnipeg who was fired after making comments about transgender people is suing for wrongful dismissal. Dave Wheeler, whose real name is Christopher Wheeler Johnson, i...

LUNENBURG, N.S. - Not far off Nova Scotia’s rough-hewn shoreline, scientists on board an aging crab boat lay in wait for one of the marine world’s greatest - and most mysterious - predator...

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Canada lost its opening second-round game at the men’s world volleyball championship 3-1 to the United States on Friday. Set scores were 25-17, 25-14, 21-25, 25-17. Canada drop...

TORONTO - Ontario’s finance minister said the province will have to make sacrifices as it grapples with a newly revised $15-billion deficit, a message critics predicted would pave the way for si...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has announced the next steps to reach its goal of making the province more accessible for those with disabilities by 2030. Justice Minister Mark Furey has released an implementat...

PARIS - A popular French Muslim rapper says he’s cancelling sold-out October concerts at the Bataclan music hall in Paris, a target of the deadly 2015 terror attacks, due to pressure from far-ri...

CALGARY - Loved ones of a Calgary woman brutally killed in Feburary 2015 sobbed and held each other after a jury found Curtis Healy guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Dawns Baptiste. “...

Frustration has been a constant companion for Toronto FC this season. So has disappointment. And there could be more of both in Harrison, N.J., on Saturday unless Toronto can dispatch the New York Red...