Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has introduced a law that prohibits the use of conversion therapy with LGBTQ youth. The bill to ban conversion therapy - which attempts to change people’s sexual orientatio...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick taxpayers should be treated like customers, the provincial Tories say in a campaign platform that touts modest spending and takes direct aim at initiatives brought in under...

APPLETON, N.L. - The U.S. ambassador joined the small Newfoundland community of Appleton Tuesday as it marked 9/11 with a service honouring those killed and those who opened their homes to thousands o...

HALIFAX - A Prohibition-era law that has for decades required “dry” Nova Scotia communities to hold plebiscites on whether to change their liquor rules is coming to an end. Nova ScotiaR...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau made it clear Tuesday he would not block the Ontario government’s use of the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to forge ahead with plans to cut the size of Toro...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man has won a $2-million lottery prize - five months after he won $1.5 million. Melhig Melhig, a double winner with a double name, says he’s amazed and happy by his good fo...

OTTAWA - A member of the Manitoba legislature and former federal cabinet minister is taking a page from Maxime Bernier’s playbook and becoming the leader of a new party. Steven Fletcher has take...

It was called the Lingerie Football League when Stevi Schnoor started. Now, it’s the Legends Football League. The game has changed and so have the uniforms. While there is still no shortage of c...

WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sounding a cautionary note about the recreational use of marijuana, saying that consuming it could have consequences for Canadians crossing the border into ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers advertised the most jobs on record in July, and the number of workers quitting their jobs also hit a new all-time high. Americans are increasingly taking advantage of a tig...