Category Archives: Canadian Press

REGINA - With it now common to see transgender children as young as six or seven, elementary schools across the country are creating gender-neutral, all-gender or unisex washrooms. Here’s a look...

REGINA - The small picture of a black toilet on a white background above the word “washroom” has become a big sign of inclusion for a rural school district in Saskatchewan. Prairie Valley ...

As more killer whales move into the Arctic, at least one population of polar bears is learning how to make the best of no longer being at the top of the food chain. Research presented at a scientific ...

GATINEAU, Que. - It had been some time since Viola Desmond last visited the cinema. The hairdresser and entrepreneur opted to sit close to the front of the theatre; her poor eyesight made it difficult...

ATMORE, Ala. - A man who killed an Alabama convenience store clerk more than two decades ago was put to death Thursday night, an execution that required two consciousness tests as the inmate heaved an...

WASHINGTON - When Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, arrived to a recent meeting with Donald Trump, the president-elect greeted him with a blunt question. “Did you th...

DES MOINES, Iowa - In the midst of his Cabinet deliberations, President-elect Donald Trump flew to Ohio Thursday to meet with victims and families after the latest U.S. outbreak of violence, a sombre ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The illegally occupied Oakland warehouse where dozens of partygoers perished in a blaze does not appear in a database fire inspectors use to schedule inspections and may never have bee...

WHYCOCOMAGH, N.S. - This is how Brett Walkins recalls the three years he spent living in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley: Nights of teeth-grinding and swearing in his sleep. He would leave for ...

WHITE TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A Christmas tree farmer has found and returned a wedding ring a New Jersey man lost roughly 15 years ago. David Penner says his wedding band slipped off his finger during a visi...