Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated government lawyer Caroline Maynard to be Canada’s new information commissioner. Maynard, currently the interim chairperson and chief executiv...

OTTAWA - Conservative senators are balking at an attempt to speed up consideration of a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, which the Trudeau government hopes to have in place this July. Sen. Lar...

NEW YORK - “Maze Runner” author James Dashner, facing allegations of sexual misconduct, has been dropped by his literary agent Michael W. Bourret said in a statement to The Associated Pres...

STRATFORD, P.E.I. - The premier of P.E.I. says the damage caused by vandals who recently spray-painted a local church with homophobic slogans is sickening. Wade MacLauchlan posted a brief message on T...

VANCOUVER - Researchers studying the activity of whales off British Columbia’s coast have had an unusual and “surreal” encounter with a sperm whale. Jared Towers is part of a Fisheri...

WASHINGTON - The judge presiding over the criminal prosecutions of two of the men charged in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation chided lawyers Wednesday for the number of seal...

TORONTO - As the contenders to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives prepare to face off in public for the first time, experts say Thursday’s debate brings a crucial opportunity for can...

TORONTO - “Game of Thrones” fans may have shed few tears over the poisoning death of King Joffrey I Baratheon, a nasty character if ever there was one. But could real-world medicine have s...

JOHANNESBURG - The Latest on South Africa’s leadership crisis (all times local): 11:20 p.m. South Africa’s ruling party is welcoming the resignation of President Jacob Zuma after months of...

RENO, Nev. - The head of one of the nation’s largest fish conservation groups says Fiat Chrysler Super Bowl ads “glorified” the destruction of aquatic habitat in an apparent attempt ...