Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - It’s close to DeMar DeRozan’s heart, and much bigger than basketball. And so the Toronto Raptors all-star is happy to be an advocate for mental health, and has lent his voice to ...

VANCOUVER - A Latin-themed restaurant in Vancouver is drawing criticism for the name it shares with a notorious Colombian drug lord linked to thousands of deaths. A spokeswoman for Escobar said the re...

CAMROSE, Alta. - An Alberta Christian school that clashed with its school division over teaching certain Bible verses may be forced to shut down. The Battle River School Division voted last week to cl...

WASHINGTON - The United States says it hopes to conclude a NAFTA agreement this month, otherwise negotiations risk being punted off to 2019 and into an uncertain political climate. U.S. trade czar Rob...

TORONTO - Yahoo’s parent company has dropped a controversial new term of service that would have required its Canadian users to share data from their friends and contacts, including phone number...

EDMONTON - A judge wants more education and oversight to come with prescription opioids following the suicide of an Edmonton soldier six years ago. A fatality inquiry heard that Lt. Shawna Rogers beca...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. - A young black bear that’s been roaming around New Jersey residential areas has been tranquilized and is out of a home’s tree. Crews managed to tranquilize the 1 1/2-year-...

CALGARY - A man who worked with a young people’s performance group for 36 years tearfully addressed a court Tuesday at his sentencing hearing for sex crimes. Philip Heerema, who pleaded guilty i...

OTTAWA - Canada is in “exploratory” talks with the United States to re-open the Safe Third Country Agreement, which allows both countries to turn back asylum seekers at border crossings, P...

TORONTO - The people affected by a deadly van attack in Toronto have a wide range of options for recourse to deal with the fallout because it involved a motor vehicle under the province’s insura...