Category Archives: Canadian Press

QUEBEC - The longest-serving member of Quebec’s legislature has apologized for using the N-word in front of high-school students. Francois Gendron, 73, used the derogatory term in French last mo...

The 2017 world junior hockey tournament came to an agonizing end for Canada, something Carter Hart was reminded of frequently. Canada’s starting goaltender in its 5-4 shootout loss to the United...

TORONTO - Eyeball tattooing and implanting eye jewelry will soon be banned in Ontario after health professionals urged action to prevent the dangerous procedures. The provincial government has amended...

MOSCOW - Russian sports officials risk talking themselves into a tougher punishment for the country’s Olympic team, according to the investigator who detailed an orchestrated doping program. Ric...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Despite recent improvements, the U.S. and Canada have a long way to go toward ridding the Great Lakes of pollution that endangers human health and the environment, an advisory a...

WASHINGTON - Led by a rise in business investment, the U.S. economy grew at an annual pace of 3.3 per cent from July through September, its fastest rate in three years. The Commerce Department estimat...

WASHINGTON - More people signed contracts in October to buy homes, ending three straight months of declines. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that its index of pending home sales ju...

TORONTO - Canada’s Davis Cup tennis team will travel to Croatia for its first-round World Group tie in February. The Croatian Tennis Association announced Wednesday that the two countries will f...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia needs to overhaul a mental health system that allows psychiatric facilities to detain people with little justification, to deny them access to a lawyer and to take away th...

WASHINGTON - Facing a critical Senate vote on his tax overhaul and a crush of December deadlines, President Donald Trump is instead putting the spotlight on a volatile collection of extraneous topics ...