Category Archives: Canadian Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas’ Supreme Court on Thursday lifted stays of execution for two condemned killers, saying they were not entitled to special assistance from mental health professionals ...

NEW YORK - The wife and daughter of Vice-President Mike Pence will be touring this month in support of a new children’s book. Karen Pence and daughter Charlotte Pence have collaborated on “...

MONTREAL - The Port of Montreal is trying to deal with noise complaints from local condo dwellers frustrated with the hum of generators powering a U.S. warship unexpectedly stuck here since December b...

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard refused to soften his band’s frat boy persona on Thursday as they played their first show since announcing plans for an “indefinite hiatus...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says it should still receive $62 million in federal money for emission-reduction programs, even though it will not sign on to Ottawa’s national climate chang...

DEER ISLAND, N.B. - Fire has destroyed a major lobster processing plant on Deer Island in southern New Brunswick. Images posted to social media show a huge blaze early Thursday morning at the Paturel ...

WASHINGTON - American manufacturers said they expanded in February at the fastest pace in nearly 14 years - gains driven in part by a jump in hiring. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group...

WASHINGTON - Spending on U.S. construction projects was unchanged in January, held back by a sharp fall in commercial real estate building. The Commerce Department said Thursday that spending on the c...

HALIFAX - Major changes to Nova Scotia’s education system are on the way after the provincial government introduced a sweeping omnibus bill that will eliminate seven English language school boar...

FREDERICTON - Imagine losing a limb. Now imagine suffering from pain that feels like it’s coming from the limb that is no longer there. That’s the case for up to 70 per cent of amputees. R...