Category Archives: Canadian Press

EDMONTON - A man accused of trying to kill a police officer and of running down pedestrians is still without a lawyer six months before his trial. Abdulahi Hasan Sharif faces 12 charges and appeared i...

OTTAWA - Conservative environment critic Ed Fast slammed the federal government Tuesday for giving $12 million to help Loblaws stores make their refrigerators and freezers more energy-efficient. Fast ...

OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced legislation that it says will remove a final federal barrier to the easier flow of beer, wine and spirits across provincial and territorial boundaries. N...

TORONTO - The Ontario government should form a working group to examine the processes involved in the live performance industry, including the construction of temporary stages like the one that fatall...

REGINA - A retired Catholic priest living in Saskatchewan is facing extradition to Scotland on decades-old abuse charges. The Archdiocese of Regina says Rev. Robert MacKenzie is accused of physical an...

CALGARY - James Neal knows a thing or two about the NHL playoffs, which should come in handy for the Calgary Flames. Calgary will look to the winger for leadership when the Flames begin their first-ro...

QUEBEC - There are growing calls for a suburban Montreal mayor to apologize for comments last week equating the province’s proposed secularism legislation to “ethnic cleansing.” Prem...

OTTAWA - Canola farmers whose livelihoods have been targeted by China in its feud with Canada say it’s time for the federal government to be aggressive at the political level in its fight agains...

MONTREAL - A judge urged members of Quebec’s Peladeau family Tuesday not to air their dirty laundry in public in a quarrel over Quebecor shares that dates back nearly 20 years. But despite Quebe...

ESPOO, Finland - Loren Gabel’s summer shooting gallery is paying off at her first women’s world hockey championship. The 21-year-old from Kitchener, Ont., scored a pair of goals and assist...