Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named two new senators to represent Ontario. Martha Deacon is an educator who has also been involved in amateur sports. Robert Black is a leader in the agric...

OTTAWA - Marian Gaborik admitted getting traded to the Ottawa Senators came as a surprise, but intends on making the best of the situation. The 36-year-old was acquired Tuesday night in a trade that s...

OTTAWA - The removal of visa requirements for Romanian nationals has prompted a spike in asylum claims and a sit-down between the Canadian government and Romanian authorities in Ottawa. Officials from...

MONTREAL - Within sight of downtown Montreal and around the corner from a popular strip mall is a giant mass - 22 football fields long, 10 storeys high - that can initially be mistaken for the brown-a...

EDMONTON - A new medical guideline suggests family doctors should think twice before prescribing medical marijuana to their patients. The Simplified Guideline for Prescribing Medical Cannabinoids in P...

Research suggests hares and jackrabbits hopping along in the Rocky Mountains demonstrate the “secret sauce” for how animals can adapt to a new climate. Scott Mills, lead author of a paper ...

OTTAWA - The RCMP says it will undertake a code-of-conduct investigation into a private Facebook group posting by a person believed to be an officer who reportedly said Colten Boushie deserved to die....

NEW YORK - “Maze Runner” author James Dashner, facing allegations of sexual misconduct, says he is “deeply sorry” to those “affected.” “I’ve taken the p...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s highest court has overturned the sexual assault convictions of an HIV-positive former boxer who slept with two women, saying their consent wasn’t diminished by the ...

BOGOTA - Even in the throes of crisis, Venezuela keeps churning out one export prized the world over: classical music maestros. The latest addition to the country’s growing cadre of top-flight m...