Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Ontario electricity ratepayers are paying millions for power generators’ ineligible expenses - including scuba gear and raccoon traps - and are footing the bill for large industrial co...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland added her voice to a chorus of global leaders appealing for calm in the Middle East on Wednesday in the wake of the Trump administration’s mov...

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force may have to keep its aging CF-18s airborne even longer than already expected after industry sources warned Wednesday that the Trudeau government is planning to pu...

VICTORIA - Nav Canada says a high-flying kite interfered with air traffic in Victoria’s inner harbour Tuesday, causing some flights to be diverted. Victoria police say the kite was flying about ...

NEW YORK - Six women sued Harvey Weinstein and men who served on the board of his film company Wednesday, accusing them of functioning like an organized crime group that used agents, producers and oth...

LONDON - A 31-year-old man has been charged in England with sharing a photo of Prince George and details about his pre-school in a social media post prosecutors allege was meant to help others plan te...

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will not stop the country’s athletes from competing at Pyeongchang Olympics. James Ellingworth, The Associated Press

MONTREAL - Quebec’s public security minister suspended the Montreal police chief on Wednesday after a damning report criticized Philippe Pichet’s inability to restore public faith in the m...

HALIFAX - Christopher Garnier told a police interrogator he heard Catherine Campbell’s final breaths, and he was haunted by “seeing her, hearing her” gasp for air as he struggled to ...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada stuck with its trend-setting interest rate Wednesday - but it offered fresh, yet cautious, warnings to Canadians that increases are likely on the way. The central bank has ...