Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - A think tank report commissioned by Elections Canada is recommending some stiff new restrictions on money raised and spent by advocacy groups to influence the outcome of federal election camp...

OTTAWA - Some facts and figures about the steel and aluminum industries in Canada: Steel: Production: About 13 billion tonnes a year. Sales: About $14 billion. Jobs: 22,000 direct, 100,000 indirect. E...

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Slovenia’s prime minister said Wednesday he is resigning after the country’s top court annulled last year’s referendum on a key railway project and ordered a ne...

VANCOUVER - Ottawa is offering $500 million to businesses, local governments and advocacy groups for new ideas on how to cut Canada’s carbon footprint. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna say...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Two people have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a conspiracy to buy and smuggle from Mexico into the U.S. a grenade launcher and three semi-automatic rif...

MONTREAL - The world short-track speed skating championships will be the last hurrah for the old guard of the Canadian team, with one exception - 33-year-old Charles Hamelin. Hamelin, the star of Cana...

JACKSON, Miss. - An insurgent Mississippi Republican on Wednesday once again jumped into the race for a U.S. Senate seat he sought in 2014, catching flak anew from fellow party members even though the...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana’s top elections officer rejected calls from the governor and some state lawmakers for him to resign, and said Wednesday he will fight a lawsuit claiming he sexually ...

VANCOUVER - Canadian defensive end Ricky Foley, a three-time Grey Cup champion, was released Wednesday by the B.C. Lions. B.C. also cut quarterback Mitchell Gale. The six-foot-three, 243-pound Foley h...

VICTORIA - It appears that Vancouver, which hosted the Women’s World Cup final in 2015, will not be part of the North American 2026 World Cup bid. The British Columbia government couldn’t ...