Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Ontario is launching a legal battle against the federal government over its carbon tax plan, a costly move critics say has little chance of succeeding. Environment Minister Rod Phillips and ...

OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the prime minister to immediately give cities the leeway to ban handguns. In a lengthy letter Thursday to Justin Trudeau outlining a long-term appro...

WINNIPEG - A cultural club in Winnipeg that hosted a meeting of an organization which touts reducing immigration, deporting asylum seekers and banning burqas has pulled out of the city’s annual ...

MONTREAL - The disappearance of an Inuk woman for six days after she was released from Montreal police custody at about midnight is raising questions about whether authorities followed proper procedur...

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a 2-year-old boy was killed by pit bulls inside a home in Philadelphia. Police say responding officers could see the child being attacked through the front door and fire...

NEW YORK - One customer was a debt collector that threatened to jail people if they didn’t pay back loans that they never took out. Another was an offshore gambling operation that hid bets behin...

NEW YORK - With less than three months to go before the midterm elections, Facebook is enforcing strict new requirements on digital political ads. Among other things, they force political ad buyers to...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has decreed that the death penalty is “inadmissible” under all circumstances and the Catholic Church should campaign to abolish it, a change in church teaching ...

NEW YORK - Abortion-rights advocates are intensifying efforts to make it easier for women to get abortions amid a new wave of state-level bans and restrictions expected to occur under a reconfigured U...

MADRID - Hot air from Africa is bringing a new heatwave to Europe, prompting health warnings about Sahara Desert dust and exceptionally high temperatures that are forecast to peak at 47 degrees Celsiu...