Category Archives: Canadian Press

WINNIPEG - Two Manitoba men who have been fighting for almost 44 years to have their wedding formally recognized have been dealt another setback. Rich North’s complaint to the province’s h...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A police dog had an extra edge tracking down an alleged thief on Tuesday: The suspect was carrying stolen steaks. Police in Saint John, N.B., say they responded to a theft call at a...

MONTPELIER, Vt. - The Vermont Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that would allow the recreational use of marijuana, putting the state on course to become the first in the country to le...

MONTREAL - Concordia University is taking seriously all of the allegations of sexual misconduct involving members of its English department, including new claims following a blog post earlier this wee...

WINNIPEG - A second teenage girl charged in the fatal beating of a young woman from an eastern Manitoba Indigenous community has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The body of Serena McKay, who was 19 an...

OTTAWA - Star sprinter Andre De Grasse will lead Canada’s track and field team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Athletics Canada announced its roster of 46 athletes and p...

There were no working smoke alarms in a southern Ontario home where four people were killed in a fire this week, an investigator said Wednesday, calling the deaths a “preventable tragedy.”...

MOUNT PEARL, N.L. - A Newfoundland woman who was suffering from an advanced form of cancer when she won a $1.5-million lottery jackpot in November has died. Diane Elaine Bishop of Mount Pearl had Stag...

NEW YORK - Michael Douglas has come forward to vigorously deny an allegation of sexual misconduct from three decades ago - before the publication of the claim. The two-time Oscar winner told Deadline ...

MONTREAL - When Canada played its first game at its one and only trip to the World Cup in Mexico in 1986, it was against France and Joel Bats was the French goalkeeper. Now Bats will see more Canadian...