Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - A commission examining the circumstances that allowed an Ontario nurse to kill eight elderly patients says it learned more than a year ago that she had confessed to additional crimes. The co...

CALGARY - Research on concussions in sport has reached a tipping point where the University of Calgary is offering a free, online course to anyone and everyone. A seven-week course starting April 8 vi...

WOLFVILLE, N.S. - A university hockey brawl that has prompted an investigation and will likely lead to a number of suspensions was instigated by a derogatory comment related to a sexual assault surviv...

BISMARCK, N.D. - A company facing opposition from environmentalists and landowners as it works to build an $800 million oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota has c...

CHICAGO - O’Hare International Airport in Chicago was the busiest airport in the U.S. in 2018, surpassing Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for the first time in four years. The F...

New Jersey gambling regulators say its sportsbooks lost $4.6 million on $34.9 million in Super Bowl wagers, the first major sporting event for bettors since sports gambling was legalized in the state ...

EDMONTON - Jim Prentice, the last premier of Alberta’s 44-year Progressive Conservative dynasty, was honoured Monday as a man of courage and vision - and one who couldn’t resist meeting wi...

SAN FRANCISCO - Google parent company Alphabet beat Wall Street expectations for its fourth quarter earnings Monday, although its stock slid in after-hours trading. The company reported profit of $8.9...

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - An officer with Metro Vancouver Transit Police who was shot last week in the line of duty will undergo surgery for his injuries this week. In a statement, Const. Josh Harms exp...

WASHINGTON - A racist photo from a 1984 yearbook threatens to end Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s political career. The photo shows two people: one in blackface and one wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood...