Category Archives: Canadian Press

EDSON, Alta. - An Alberta farm family has reached a settlement with an energy company that tainted their land with chemicals. Bonavista Energy (TSX:BNP) has also been ordered by the Alberta Energy Reg...

OTTAWA - Canada’s overall greenhouse gas emissions will likely peak before 2020, says a new report, but achieving the country’s 2030 targets is going to require much more work. The indepen...

VICTORIA - The president of the teacher’s union in British Columbia said Monday he expects more teachers in classrooms as early as January after a Supreme Court of Canada decision that affects c...

CONCORD, N.H. - Democrat Hillary Clinton has won New Hampshire’s four Electoral College votes. Republican Donald Trump’s campaign had until 5 p.m. Monday to seek a recount. His campaign di...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Nov. 14 -- OBAMA SAYS U.S. UNDER TRUMP WILL MAINTAIN ALLIANCES: U.S. President Barack Obama says the U.S. under Donald Trump will remain the “indispensa...

CALGARY - Siblings of a senior found dead in her home last month say a hideous illness, and not her husband of 56 years, is to blame. Audrey van Zuiden, 80, was found Oct. 4 in the Calgary home she sh...

TORONTO - Canada has dropped one place to No. 3 in the world women’s rugby rankings. England replaced the Canadians at No. 2 with New Zealand remaining No. 1. France and Ireland complete World R...

TORONTO - Ontario is doubling the rebate on its land transfer tax for first-time homebuyers to $4,000 in an effort to help them enter the housing market, but it is also raising the same tax on homes t...

TORONTO - While Toronto FC is enjoying its most successful season on the pitch, the MLS franchise won’t make money this season. But the bottom line has been boosted by the current playoff run an...

VANCOUVER - Three days after Brandon Jansen entered his 11th treatment centre for an addiction to the opioid fentanyl, he died partly because an antidote and therapeutic drug that could have stopped h...