Category Archives: Canadian Press

OXFORD, N.S. - Officials are growing concerned about new cracks in a parking lot near a Nova Scotia sinkhole, and warn a nearby road could become affected. The Town of Oxford says cracks have develope...

CALGARY - A jury in a Calgary murder trial heard Monday how a mother of four on her way to a friend’s house was beaten, stomped, sexually assaulted and then struck on the head with a rock. Curti...

OTTAWA - Canada and the United States will restart high-level talks Tuesday on the North American Free Trade Agreement as Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland returns to Washington in hope of ma...

The Ontario government’s unprecedented use of the notwithstanding clause in order to proceed with plans to cut the size of Toronto’s city council has raised some questions about this rarel...

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria - Two Canadian crews won heats on the second day of the world rowing championships. Andrea Proske of Victoria and Gabrielle Smith of Unionville, Ont., won their heat in the womenR...

WARRI, Nigeria - A gas depot exploded in central Nigeria, killing 18 people and leaving some burned beyond recognition, a witness said Monday. More than 40 other people had burns after the blast in La...

TORONTO - The commissioner of the Canadian Premier League says the new pro soccer circuit is prepared to launch with seven teams, but will search for an eighth. Ottawa had been expected to fill out th...

Bradley Jackson was hauling a load of hot tar from Winnipeg into North Dakota when his rig went off the road and slid into a ditch, rupturing the tanker and sending the burning liquid into the cab of ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A union video that identifies replacement workers who crossed the picket line during an ongoing lockout in Gander, N.L., has prompted a debate over the ethics of naming and sh...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it doesn’t know enough about how, when and where dangerous goods move through the Canadian North, highlighting the potential risks of a major spill or other ...