Category Archives: Canadian Press

Postmedia Network Inc. will close six small-town newspapers and reduce print publication of four more, while slashing 10 per cent of its total salary outlay through staff layoffs and voluntary buyouts...

TORONTO - Two Toronto police officers were “in distress” and had to be taken to hospital after allegedly eating a marijuana-laced chocolate bar they took during a raid on a cannabis dispen...

TORONTO - A Canadian restaurant owner inundated by angry reviews because her brunch spot bears a similar name to the U.S. eatery that refused to serve White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sander...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The New Brunswick government is committing $10 million to establish the province as a leader in the field of small, modular nuclear reactor technology. Energy Minister Rick Doucet m...

OTTAWA - An Ontario business says it will take the Liberal government to court over the conditions attached to the federal Canada Summer Jobs program, arguing they violate freedom of speech. Tamara Ja...

WINNIPEG - A musician who left his 89-year-old mother covered in her own feces and urine on the floor of the home they shared until she died says he will never forgive himself. “I’m very, ...

Saskatoon city council has passed a cannabis bylaw that includes a $20,000 licensing fee for marijuana retailers. There is also a provision for a $10,000 annual renewal fee, but that part of the bylaw...

MONTREAL - Thousands of crane operators returned to work Tuesday after taking part in what authorities described as an illegal strike that lasted one week and disrupted construction sites across Quebe...

MOSCOW - A game no team needed to win became the game no fan would want to watch. France and Denmark produced the World Cup’s first 0-0 draw at the 37th attempt amid boos and whistles from fans ...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s child advocate wants the province to create a youth-specific response to the opioid crisis with a school curriculum that starts teaching students in elementary school about ...