Category Archives: Canadian Press

CANNES, France - On the eve of the 71st Cannes Film Festival, the festival’s director held an unscheduled press conference Monday to address the many issues roiling this year’s gathering, ...

WASHINGTON - The NAFTA countries began a days-long negotiating round Monday in what could be their final chance for an agreement this year, before the talks enter electoral hibernation. Any possibilit...

An Ontario-born filmmaker has been issued a non-binary birth certificate after a year-long legal battle with the provincial government and says receiving the document marks a victory for the non-binar...

TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - A fifth member of Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard’s Liberal cabinet has announced she won’t seek re-election later this year. Tourism Minister Julie Boulet said Mo...

CLEVELAND - Three games into their Eastern Conference semifinal against Cleveland, the Toronto Raptors have yet to find the answer to the Cavaliers. They came close in Games 1 and 3. If they don’...

ALBANY, N.Y. - “Sex and the City” star and New York governor’s race candidate Cynthia Nixon has accepted an invitation to participate in a prime-time televised debate with two-time i...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A judge Monday threw out the most serious counts against a second set of defendants in a Penn State fraternity pledge’s death last year, leaving in place only hazing and alcoho...

CALGARY - Georgia Simmerling has retired from ski cross racing, but intends to continue track cycling with an eye towards the 2020 Olympic Games. Simmerling, from West Vancouver, B.C., helped Canada&#...

VANCOUVER - Two Indigenous leaders from British Columbia say they will travel to pipeline builder Kinder Morgan’s annual general meeting in Texas this week. Chief Judy Wilson with the Neskonlith...

HALIFAX - Police have dropped the case against a young Halifax man alleged to have breached a Nova Scotia freedom-of-information website, shifting the issue squarely back to whether the province had b...