Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada and the federal government said Monday they have renewed their inflation target agreement for another five years in an effort to foster price stability and sustainable econ...

NASHVILLE - Olympic figure skating champion and commentator Scott Hamilton has been diagnosed with a third brain tumour. People magazine reports Hamilton has been diagnosed with a benign pituitary tum...

SAN DIEGO - President Barack Obama is stepping up the pace of his campaign to boost Hillary Clinton as his successor while pushing as well for Democrats to retake the Senate, visiting tightly conteste...

EDMONTON - Green energy groups have joined an environmental think tank in calling on the Alberta government to legislate firm targets for renewable power. The Pembina Institute and a number of green e...

PENNSVILLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Police say a pot advocacy company’s RV carrying marijuana-laced candy burst into flames on a bridge that connects New Jersey and Delaware, causing lane closures and t...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Tom Hayden was long past his heyday of political rebellion and the Chicago 7 trial when he died on Sunday at age 76. But in American culture, he remained an enduring symbol of a...

PHILADELPHIA - An animal rescue group says a barking dog alerted neighbours to a first-floor blaze at a Philadelphia home where the dog and its owner were later found unconscious inside. The Red Paw E...

OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland came out swinging against her domestic political opponents Monday as she ratcheted up pressure on European lawmakers to twist the arm of the lon...

Six stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 24 LIBERALS HOPE TO SNATCH ALBERTA SEAT FROM CONSERVATIVES A federal byelection will be held today in a southern Alberta riding that hasn’t elected a Lib...

VANCOUVER - A former University of British Columbia student who filed a human rights complaint over the school’s handling of sexual assault reports says mediation ended unsuccessfully after 90 m...