Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - A list of official birds of Canadian provinces and territories: British Columbia - Steller’s jay Alberta - Great horned owl Saskatchewan - Sharp-tailed grouse Manitoba - Great grey owl ...

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Geographic Society can expect to ruffle some feathers by choosing a national bird in time for Canada’s 150th birthday next year. An online survey over the last 20 mon...

RIO DE JANEIRO - With the clock ticking down on regulation time Thursday, Canada’s Zak Madell drilled Britain’s Ayaz Bhuta so hard, the bone-jarring force lifted Bhuta’s wheels clear...

NEW ORLEANS - Avoiding a nasty real-life plot twist, a writer dashed past firefighters into a burning New Orleans house Thursday to rescue two completed novels stored on his laptop. “Anybody tha...

OTTAWA - A Canadian accused of spying and jailed in China for more than two years has been released and is back in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office confirmed on Thursday. Kevin Gar...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is consciously discriminating against 163,000 children in its delivery of child welfare services on reserves, First Nations advocate Cindy Blackstock said Thursday as a...

CALGARY - Legal experts are urging greater diversity on the bench as three Alberta judges face scrutiny for remarks they made during sexual assault trials. The most high-profile case centres on Judge ...

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Student tour guides at a college outside Philadelphia say they have been told not to bring prospective students or their parents into a dormitory because it frequently smelled of mar...

TORONTO - The World Cup of Hockey has yet to start but Toronto Maple Leafs teenager Auston Matthews has already made an impression. “He’s just got better every day,” said Team North ...

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Denis Paradis thinks it sounds obvious enough: Canada is an officially bilingual country, so its national capital should be too. “I do think that it would be a good thing tha...