Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Fewer beds remain empty each night in Canada’s emergency homeless shelters as users stay days, sometimes weeks, longer than they did a decade ago, even as their overall numbers decline....

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A once-thriving caribou herd in Labrador that exceeded 800,000 animals in the 1990s is on the verge of collapse, with fewer than 9,000 remaining, biologists say. The Newfoundl...

BRASILIA, Brazil - In a 14-hour session that was less electric than expected, Brazil’s suspended president proclaimed her innocence at her impeachment trial Monday, branding her vice-president a...

BRUDERHEIM, Alta. - It’s meant to cut down on teenage mischief after dark, but some residents and young people in an Edmonton-area town question whether a new kid curfew will make much differenc...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - A dwarf billy goat gave new meaning to the word “scapegoat” when he busted out a surprisingly slippery Clydesdale that went on the lam in California for several days. ...

VANCOUVER - Many of the immigrant support groups that leapt into overdrive less than a year ago to welcome the first influx of Syrian refugee families say the intensity of that experience has helped l...

EDMONTON - Alberta has promised to increase environmental monitoring of the in-situ oilsands industry following research that shows such plants can release contaminants into the land and water. “...

CALGARY - Canada’s mortgage insurance agency is reporting a 52 per cent increase in the number of insured home loans in arrears in Alberta, as low oil prices weaken the provincial economy. Canad...

Toronto FC says a sexually explicit sign posted by fans at BMO Field during the team’s 1-0 loss to the Montreal Impact on Saturday is “an embarrassment” to the club and its supporter...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - It’s been the driving issue of Donald Trump’s campaign. Build a wall along the southern border. Make Mexico pay for it. And expel everyone living in the U.S. illegally ...