Category Archives: Canadian Press

LONDON - Booker Prize winner Anna Burns and National Book Critics Circle laureate Tommy Orange are among finalists for Britain’s Rathbones Folio Prize for literature. Burns’ Northern Irela...

OTTAWA - The government has backed down from a procedural move that would have imposed deadlines on almost a dozen bills in the Senate to ensure they pass before Parliament rises in June. Earlier this...

OTTAWA - Attorney General David Lametti says he will resist any attempt to pressure him on the SNC-Lavalin criminal prosecution. Lametti is now in the hot seat on the court case that has rocked the Li...

OTTAWA - “Climate change is real and it requires real solutions. It’s a fact that pricing pollution is the most cost-effective way to cut pollution. Our plan will also leave 8 out of 10 fa...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - With an election expected by the end of June, Newfoundland and Labrador’s government is promising a slow but steady balancing act to get the province’s finances ba...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - American skip John Shuster buried a draw to put the pressure on Canada’s Kevin Koe in the ninth end of their game at the world men’s curling championship on Thursday. T...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - In a Dec. 6, 2017, story about the death of a mother and her two children, The Associated Press misspelled one of the children’s names. Her name was A’Layliah Fisher, n...

VANCOUVER - Veteran B.C. Lions offensive lineman Jovan Olafioye, a Grey Cup champion and a six-time CFL all-star, has announced his retirement from the league. The Detroit native spent most of his CFL...

CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo is hoping for a furry bundle of joy in about four months after artificially inseminating its female giant panda earlier this week. Officials say keepers noted that Er Shun ha...

MONTREAL - A well-known Quebec TV journalist testified Thursday that a website spoofing the Journal de Montreal newspaper fooled many people - including a former premier - with a joke story claiming s...