Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The country’s former chief statistician is casting doubt on the Liberal government’s promised commitments to Statistics Canada based on its handling of an issue that forced his su...

World leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more co-ordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and sparked divisions from Africa to Europe....

HALIFAX - The candidates for Halifax’s highest municipal office have agreed to ditch lawn signs as a way of sending a message that political campaigns shouldn’t produce unnecessary waste. ...

MIAMI - With health authorities declaring a win against Zika in Miami’s Wynwood arts district, their emphasis shifts to the remaining transmission zone on nearby Miami Beach, where residents hav...

An admittedly shocked Tatiana Maslany took home the Emmy for best lead actress in a drama on Sunday for her multiple roles in the sci-fi series “Orphan Black.” “I should have had thi...

BISHOPS FALLS, N.L. - Atlantic Canadians are offering financial support and encouragement for a young hockey player from Bishop’s Falls, Newfoundland, who suffered a serious head injury in a car...

Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- CANADA’S TATIANA MASLANY HONOURED WITH EMMY She’s known as one of the hardest working women in TV, and last night Tatiana Maslany...

TORONTO - An Ontario woman consumed by her religious beliefs not only turned a blind eye to the violence her husband inflicted on his daughter but encouraged the abuse that led to the girl’s dea...

OTTAWA - British pensioners living in Canada are lobbying the Liberal government to make indexing their pensions to the cost of living a requirement for any future free trade deal with Britain - an ag...

OTTAWA - Anne Puckridge has two medals, earned during her service to Britain in the Second World War. The 91-year-old jokes that she is still fighting - except now it is against the British government...