Category Archives: Canadian Press

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Cherokee Nation’s attorney general legalized gay marriage for the country’s second-largest Native American tribe, saying its same-sex marriage ban violates a tribal req...

MADISON, Wis. - The Latest on the presidential recount (all times local): 6:55 p.m. Republican President-elect Donald Trump is celebrating picking up more votes in Wisconsin in its recount. The billio...

EDMONTON - This cat may have used up more than one of its nine lives. A Canadian National Railway conductor was checking the engines on his train early Sunday in Wainwright, Alta., when he heard a pat...

TORONTO - An Ontario police officer who claimed he “murdered” two people in separate encounters was cleared of any wrongdoing on Monday, after the province’s police watchdog found he...

OTTAWA - The federal government is withdrawing certain proposed changes to the Bank Act because of opposition from Quebec. Finance Minister Bill Morneau confirmed Monday that provisions in Bill C-29 t...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Dec. 12 FEDS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO ESTABLISH SAFE INJECTION SITES: The federal government is making it easier to set up supervised drug injection sites in Cana...

TORONTO - Derek Shelton was named quality control coach for the Blue Jays on Tuesday, rounding out Toronto’s coaching staff for 2017 The 46-year-old Shelton spent seven seasons as the hitting co...

NASHVILLE - Organizers of a national conference aimed at promoting the rights of immigrants to the United States had to make some dramatic adjustments to their agenda before the conference opened over...

Montreal Impact captain Patrice Bernier, Toronto FC goalkeeper Clint Irwin and Vancouver striker Giles Barnes were among players left unprotected for Tuesday’s MLS expansion draft. Atlanta Unite...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has rebuffed calls to fire her human services minister, and instead is accusing the opposition of crass grandstanding in the death of a four-year-old girl. ...