Category Archives: Canadian Press

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders does not violate the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Co...

WASHINGTON - Health officials are strengthening warnings about the potentially fatal consequences of mixing prescription painkillers and sedatives like Xanax, saying the combination can lead to breath...

SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. - Authorities say a Canadian woman lying on a New Jersey beach has been run over by a truck picking up trash. A spokesman with the Ocean County prosecutor’s office says Megan F...

NEW YORK - Milos Raonic didn’t have his main weapon ready to bail him out at Flushing Meadows. The fifth-seeded Raonic crashed out of the U.S. Open in the second round Wednesday, losing 6-7 (4),...

FREDERICTON - Canadian lawyers are applauding a precedent-setting judgment for decades-old child abuse in New Brunswick, saying it’s an important moment as more sex-abuse victims come forward to...

DETROIT - Tesla Motors is planning improvements to its semi-autonomous Autopilot system after a fatal crash earlier this summer. Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote in a Tweet Wednesday that a software update w...

TORONTO - The CBC will not be permitted to play paid advertisements on two of its radio networks as of Thursday. The CRTC rejected the CBC’s application for an extension that would have allowed ...

NEW YORK - The cramping became so debilitating, Milos Raonic said, he couldn’t grip his racket properly. The Wimbledon runner-up just last month, and seeded No. 5 at the U.S. Open, Raonic began ...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have named forward Blake Wheeler as their new captain. Wheeler fills the void left by former captain Andrew Ladd, who was dealt to Chicago in February. The six-foot-five, ...

VANCOUVER - Canada’s plans to restrict six chemicals used to make fentanyl will only increase demands for a more dangerous replacement if other steps to stem a national opioid crisis are not tak...