Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia foster mother says there are no words to describe her loss after the provincial government removed a Metis toddler she has raised almost since birth from her care. The w...

TORONTO - Nathan MacKinnon acted as if his overtime winner against Sweden put his team through to the next round at the World Cup of Hockey. He was wrong. MacKinnon scored off a pretty deke with just ...

HONOLULU - Disney said Wednesday it would no longer sell a boy’s costume for a Polynesian character that some Pacific Islanders have compared to blackface. The getup depicts Maui - a revered fig...

LUBBOCK, Texas - In a story Sept. 17 about a Texas couple facing child neglect accusations, The Associated Press erroneously reported that all 11 of their children were in state custody. Ten of the ch...

LOS ANGELES - “By the Sea” didn’t just flop at the box office. It was a flat out rejection, making a mere $538,000 domestically. How could a movie starring the modern king and queen ...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Lisa Raitt’s voice broke with emotion Wednesday as she urged Canadians to speak out about a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people across the country. Rait...

TORONTO - Conservative leadership hopeful Brad Trost raised some eyebrows Wednesday when he compared Ontario’s new sex-education curriculum to residential schools. Trost joined a couple hundred ...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Sept. 21 ____ TOP SOLDIER SAYS CANADA WON’T GIVE UP COMMAND OF TROOPS TO UN: Canada’s top soldier says the military has learned from the mistak...

DENVER - Gross mismanagement, delays and lax oversight by the Veterans Affairs Department added hundreds of millions of dollars to the cost of a new Denver-area VA hospital, federal investigators said...

TORONTO - Forward Claude Giroux, defenceman Jake Muzzin and goaltender Corey Crawford will be added to Canada’s lineup tonight in its game against Europe at the World Cup of Hockey. The trio wil...