Category Archives: Canadian Press

EDMONTON - Alberta is ratcheting up the public relations fight over the Trans Mountain oil pipeline by launching a website and online petition. Premier Rachel Notley is asking Albertans to sign the pe...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal won’t reconsider its refusal to hear a Vancouver man’s complaint that his dance club banned him for being “creepy,” and discriminated...

TORONTO - A disgraced RCMP officer convicted of torturing of his captive 11-year-old son at their home in suburban Ottawa fully deserved his 15-year prison sentence, Ontario’s top court ruled on...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has appointed a new chair of the Crown corporation that facilitated a controversial helicopter deal with the Philippines, and ordered the organization to become less re...

BANFF, Alta. - The Town of Banff is grappling with unique challenges before this year’s legalization of recreational pot. With a reputation as a place to get a “Rocky Mountain high” ...

CRANBROOK, B.C. - A man who pledged $7.5 million to a British Columbia junior hockey team has pleaded guilty to an unrelated fraud charge. Mike Gould of Calgary was charged with fraud and using a forg...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks signed free-agent defensive lineman A.C. Leonard and defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy to one-year contracts Tuesday. Leonard, 26, spent the last two seasons with the Saska...

LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. - Police say four separate homes were hit with bullets after gunfire erupted on a suburban Halifax crescent on Monday afternoon. They say bullets were found on a living room couc...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew is asking former premier Greg Selinger to resign his legislature seat so the party can move on from allegations that a longtime former cabinet minister tickled...

OTTAWA - A Manitoba senator is forging ahead with a plan to offer support to anyone who has experienced sexual misconduct while working in the upper chamber, even if she is not allowed to use her offi...