Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - In the hours and days after three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body washed up on a beach in Turkey, Canadian immigration officials were focused on fashioning and tweaki...

NEW YORK - T-Mobile and Sprint reached a $26.5 billion merger agreement Sunday that would reduce the U.S. wireless industry to three major players - that is, if the Trump administration’s antitr...

OTTAWA - Gun control could wind up being a defining issue in next year’s federal election. Eighteen months ahead of the vote, both the governing party and the official Opposition are laying the ...

When he’s not playing with dinosaurs or reading a book, four-year-old Advait Kolarkar uses paint, canvases and his imagination to create internationally recognized abstract artwork. The preschoo...

SINGAPORE - Canada led early but was beaten 26-12 by the U.S. in the consolation Challenge Trophy final Sunday to finish 10th at the Singapore Sevens, a World Series rugby sevens tournament it won las...

TORONTO - In the course of a few minutes, from the moment a white van barrelled down a sidewalk on Yonge Street to the moment the alleged driver was in handcuffs, the lives of dozens of families were ...

DRUMMONVILLE, Que. - The Bloc Quebecois’ embattled leader fended off a challenge from her rivals on Sunday as party members adopted her timeline for an early June confidence vote. The two-day vo...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - When Kayla Hearn heard a small Newfoundland community had voted down a motion to paint the rainbow symbol on a crosswalk, she swiftly joined in the diverse outpouring of suppo...

The brother of a Humboldt Broncos player who was injured in a Saskatchewan bus crash that killed 16 people is organizing a hockey tournament to show his gratitude to the community. Ryan Gobeil, who wo...

EDMONTON - An Alberta First Nation that’s suing the province and federal government is asking a court to force them to pay all trial expenses up front to try to stop them from ragging the puck o...