Category Archives: Canadian Press

GATINEAU, Que. - A First Nations leader from northern Alberta is urging his fellow chiefs to resist buying into the arguments of environmentalists opposed to pipeline projects and the oilsands. Fort M...

OTTAWA - One of the longest and most contentious defence procurements in Canadian history will inch closer to conclusion Thursday when the federal government announces a replacement for the military&#...

NEWARK, N.J. - A Nevada man who authorities say is a member of the New Jersey crime family believed to be the model for HBO’s “The Sopranos” has admitted plotting the death of an org...

MOSCOW - Commodities giant Glencore and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund have together acquired a 19.5 per cent stake in Russia’s top state-controlled oil company, Rosneft, in a deal worth 10...

OTTAWA - Professional sports leagues won’t be compelled to adopt national standards on identifying and treating concussions - including when athletes can return to play - but they’ll certa...

TORONTO - The case against an Egyptian man long branded a terrorist threat has been riddled with so many problems over the years that a judge should have ended the proceedings, Federal Court of Appeal...

ZURICH - Referees will be able use video replays at this month’s Club World Cup in Japan to help them make “match-changing” decisions in the first ever use of broadcast TV feeds by m...

LOS ANGELES - A judge on Wednesday rejected Brad Pitt’s request to seal details about custody arrangements in his divorce from Angelina Jolie Pitt. Los Angeles Superior Court Richard J. Burdge J...

WINNIPEG - The actions of police in the minutes that followed the fatal shooting of an indigenous man in a low-income neighbourhood point to systemic racism, an expert witness testified Wednesday. It&...

VANCOUVER - One theme kept popping up when the Vancouver Whitecaps began the autopsy on a lost 2016 campaign in late October - leadership. “It’s easy to find your leaders when things are g...