Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - A B.C. woman whose four children were abducted by her ex-husband to Iran says she was shocked to see Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion make a dismissive thumbs-down gesture when her orde...

TORONTO - Is it possible to ingest cocaine by kissing someone who has just snorted the powerful stimulant drug? Enough that its chemical signature would show up on an athlete’s doping tests? Tha...

TORONTO - Woodbine Racetrack has been very good to trainer Mike Maker. The 47-year-old native of Garden City, Mich., has registered six stakes victories at the track, including this year’s Queen...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators will play their final pre-season game Friday against Buffalo with what could be their opening night roster. That group will include forward Ryan Dzingel, a pleasant surpri...

IRVING, Texas - Dozens of people were found being held against their will in what their captives told authorities were drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, police ...

MONTREAL - The world’s first climate deal aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions from international air travel was overwhelmingly approved Thursday by a United Nations aviation agency...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is transferring control over the legislature’s public rooms and outside grounds from government departments to the Speaker’s office - a move the Oppositi...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks had a perfect record and were cruising in the CFL East when they met the winless Saskatchewan Roughriders in Week 5 of the season. An upset loss in Regina sent the Redbla...

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. - Genre fiction readers: Your next potboiler will likely involve a hurricane. That’s because dozens of indie authors - writers who eschew the traditional publishing world...

QUEBEC - A joke by Quebec’s native affairs minister stereotyping indigenous peoples’ concept of time did not go down well with at least one Cree official Thursday. Speaking at a news confe...