Category Archives: Canadian Press

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Amid anonymous allegations of sexual misconduct against prominent author Sherman Alexie - and his acknowledgement of harming others - readers of his work are re-evaluating what plac...

VANCOUVER - Several conservation groups say the federal government’s failure to issue an emergency order reducing threats to endangered orcas off the B.C. coast ahead of fishing and whale-watchi...

VANCOUVER - Sitting in a doctor’s waiting room in Vancouver, Patricia Louie saw posters that only featured white and light skin-toned people depicted as patients. She wondered if medical textboo...

CALGARY - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the Calgary Flames’ financial situation “continues to deteriorate” as the team continues to operate out of the aging Scotiabank Saddledom...

EDMONTON - Every year, tonnes of plastic waste are burned on farms around Alberta and across Canada. More is buried or dumped in municipal landfills. Farm groups are working on better ways to dispose ...

HALIFAX - A backlash is growing against a multimillion-dollar federal bid to promote reconciliation and economic development among Indigenous groups in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. A group that represe...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia children’s entertainment company owner says provincial red tape has left his bouncy houses uninflated, as he waits to get the safety course he needs to operate. In an int...

WINNIPEG - The chief of police in Winnipeg says the force did its best to investigate the death of a 15-year-old girl whose body was pulled from the Red River. Danny Smyth told the city’s police...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau insists he’s only concerned with improving Canadians’ access to prescription drugs as he faces accusations of being in a “perceived conflict of...

PRESCOTT, Ariz. - Former radio host Garrison Keillor said he hopes the sexual allegations against him are fading and believes Minnesota Public Radio made a grave mistake when it cut ties with him. Kei...