Category Archives: Canadian Press

EDMONTON - At least one legal scholar says a judicial oversight may invalidate the verdict that found an Alberta man guilty of second-degree murder. Travis Vader was convicted Thursday in the deaths o...

WASHINGTON - The FBI has imposed new restrictions on its agents’ ability to masquerade as reporters following an uproar over the impersonation of an Associated Press journalist, but the agency h...

TORONTO - When Sidney Crosby first stepped onto the international stage, Team Canada fell flat. It was 13 years ago in the summer of 2003 and Crosby had just turned 16. He was by far the youngest play...

MONTREAL - Canadians will eventually tire of the Trudeau government’s lack of substance, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said Thursday as his fellow party members appeared focused on the upcoming leaders...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia father whose assault on his infant son left the boy’s skull “like a crushed egg” has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail. “Your actions were ...

NAPLES, Fla. - Kim McGuire, who played the character known as “Hatchet-Face” in the John Waters film “Cry-Baby,” has died. She was 60. Her husband, Gene Piotrowsky, confirmed h...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A black boy. A white Ohio police officer. A pellet gun that looked like a real weapon. And a deadly shooting. In a killing with unavoidable echoes of the Tamir Rice case out of Clevel...

A chronology for convicted sex offender and former junior hockey coach Graham James, who was granted full parole Thursday: 1983-84: Named head scout of the Western Hockey League’s Winnipeg Warri...

EDMONTON - An Alberta judge has found Travis Vader guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of Lyle and Marie McCann, two seniors who disappeared more than six years ago. Justice Denny Thomas tol...

VICTORIA - British Columbia’s hot real estate market has boosted the province’s bottom line, freeing cash for a housing program and allowing the government to cancel a planned hike in medi...