Category Archives: Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - Who says Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees have to bring an ID to get into the White House? Apparently, the Secret Service does, as comedian Ellen DeGeneres experienced a delay in ge...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - There’s no official decision yet on the competency of Dylann Roof to stand trial in the killing of nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church. Court officials say no de...

WASHINGTON - No one listened to Tom Vilsack. As agriculture secretary during the entire Obama administration, the former Iowa governor has for years been telling anyone who will pay attention - farmer...

PLANO, Texas - Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 834,000 Toyota Sienna minivans in North America because the sliding doors could open while the vehicle is moving. The recall involves Sienna minivans fro...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau is suggesting that small municipalities won’t see much - if any - benefit from the federal government’s proposed new infrastructure bank. The bank, t...

VANCOUVER - A man who was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly three decades has had his compensation award cut by the British Columbia Supreme Court. The court ordered the B.C. government in June to pay ...

CALGARY - Closing arguments in a high-profile sexual assault retrial that was ordered after controversial comments by a judge have been delayed until Monday. It was the second delay this week in the t...

CALGARY - This football season has turned Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi into a riverboat gambler. Nenshi has bets going with mayors from two different cities this weekend. The University of Calgary Dino...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 22 --- FEDS TO ‘EXPLORE’ ACQUIRING SUPER HORNET JETS: The federal Liberal government says it will “explore the acquisition” of 1...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau plans to discuss LGBTQ rights in a speech later this week at the summit of la Francophonie, where his audience will include countries that still discriminate on the basis of se...