Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - A Toronto neurosurgeon accused of murdering his wife has been ordered to stand trial, a prosecutor said Friday. Dr. Mohammed Shamji is charged with first-degree murder and committing an indi...

TORONTO - Deep in Toronto’s ravines, in the nooks of its parks and under its bridges, hides a sprawling population of temporary homes. Some are spartan: a single sheet and a pillow next to a fal...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has become the first province to ban medically unnecessary cat declawing. The ban - part of a worldwide movement against the practice - took effect Thursday after a three-month e...

ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Nova Scotia RCMP didn’t have to go far to arrest a suspected drunk driver: he came to them. They say a man went to their Antigonish detachment on Tuesday “hoping to rele...

OTTAWA - A key body tasked with helping the federal government decide whether and how to impose marijuana testing for workers finds itself at an impasse, ensuring no new federal rules on workplace imp...

Sidelined by a car crash in November, Vancouver-born MMA fighter (Unstoppable) Angela Lee will defend her One Championship atomweight title against Japan’s Mei (V.V) Yamaguchi in May in Singapor...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Police say a 19-year-old Indiana man took a cab to and from a bank robbery and that he paid the driver with some of his stolen cash. Derrick Faria was arrested less than an hour aft...

TORONTO - The United States has arrested and charged the chief executive of cybersecurity firm Phantom Secure, alleging the Vancouver-area businessman has conspired to provide drug traffickers with mo...

WASHINGTON - Veteran U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter, a Kentucky blacksmith’s daughter who went on to chair one of Congress’ most important committees, died Friday at a Washington hospital wher...

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Protesters seeking to carry signs in an area being secured for Vice-President Mike Pence to participate in the South’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade won a brisk free spe...