Category Archives: Canadian Press

NEW YORK - Olympic goalie Maddie Rooney is challenging Justin Bieber to take his best shot. Rooney and the U.S. women’s gold-medal hockey team appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy ...

CALGARY - Canada’s aluminum and steel producers urged the federal government to stand firm on trade issues with the United States Tuesday, even after President Donald Trump dangled the possibili...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s children’s advocate will gain new powers next week to work on behalf of more young people and to make more of her findings public. The Progressive Conservative govern...

OTTAWA - A lawyer for the family of an Indigenous man killed on a Saskatchewan farm is hailing an independent review of the police investigation into the fatal shooting. The Civilian Review and Compla...

LONDON - The West End production of “Hamilton” leads the field for Britain’s biggest theatre awards, the Oliviers. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical about U.S. founding father Alexa...

NEW YORK - The 4-year-old daughter of a Tony-award winning actress was killed along with a 1-year-old when a driver apparently lost control of her vehicle and slammed into them as they crossed a Brook...

VANCOUVER - Illicit drug overdose deaths in British Columbia rose in January compared with December, with 125 people believed to have died from street narcotics or unprescribed medications. The provin...

VANCOUVER - A strong economy is allowing Canadian officials to push for a better deal in negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday. Talks on t...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s health minister says the provincial government is considering offering coverage of the abortion pill. John Haggie says in a statement that th...

MONTREAL - A Montreal woman who sparked outrage after she and other citizens wore yellow badges on their clothing at a borough council meeting to protest the Jewish community’s use of school bus...