Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - New Democrat MP Charlie Angus stepped aside as his party’s caucus chair and indigenous affairs critic Wednesday to contemplate a potential leadership bid. The 54-year-old northern Ontar...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is poised to introduce a bill Thursday that will deliver on some key Liberal promises to reform Canada’s election laws, even as suspicion lingers that they may re...

CRANBROOK, B.C. - A woman who was one of 27 wives to a leader of a British Columbia polygamous sect told a courtroom Wednesday that women and girls in the religious community were taught to be obedien...

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 23 --- CLOSING ARGUMENTS EXPECTED IN HAWKES’ TRIAL Closing arguments will be made today in the trial of a prominent Toronto pastor accused of perform...

KENTVILLE, N.S. - Brent Hawkes’ lawyer told his gross indecency trial Wednesday that the evidence against the Toronto pastor is “weird,” but the prosecutor contended that doesn’...

SALEM, Mass. - A Massachusetts college says an art exhibit has been temporarily suspended after students complained about a painting that depicted several members of the Ku Klux Klan. Salem State Univ...

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Indian troops fired on a Pakistani passenger bus in Kashmir on Wednesday, killing 10 civilians in one of the deadliest incidents in weeks of violence in the disputed Himalayan...

Tuesday’s Games Major League Soccer Eastern Conference final First Leg Montreal 3 Toronto 2 Western Conference final First Leg Seattle 2 Colorado 1 — NHL St. Louis 4 Boston 2 Carolina 2 To...

Tuesday’s Games Major League Soccer Eastern Conference final First Leg Montreal 3 Toronto 2 Western Conference final First Leg Seattle 2 Colorado 1 — NHL St. Louis 4 Boston 2 Carolina 2 To...

BEIJING - Global stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after a post-U.S. election rally drove the Dow Jones industrial average to a new high. KEEPING SCORE: Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.6 per ...