Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The son of a Canadian man jailed in China on espionage charges is hoping Justin Trudeau’s upcoming visit to the east Asian country will help his father’s case - but Simeon Garratt...

MINNEAPOLIS - In stories Aug. 17 and Aug. 24 about a Minnesota police officer’s return to duty following the shooting of a black motorist, The Associated Press cited Baltimore as an example of c...

FREDERICTON - Nova Scotia farmer Danny Dill is hoping for lots of rain in the coming weeks - or his giant pumpkins, used to float contestants in Windsor’s annual pumpkin regatta, may end up on t...

Quebec’s health minister apologized profusely Wednesday after suggesting earlier in the day that election-night shooter Richard Henry Bain acted partly out of frustration with the political rhet...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks want to right the ship and regain some pride, even if they have to sit last season’s most outstanding player to do it. First-year Redblack Trevor Harris will start ...

VILLINGEN-SCHWENNINGEN, Germany - The Yazidi girl had been in the safety of a refugee camp in Iraq for two weeks when she imagined she heard the voices of Islamic State fighters outside her tent. Petr...

A police report says a man who died from a drug overdose in a Cape Breton jail told a prison nurse he had taken five “nerve pill(s)” and appeared intoxicated, raising questions for an addi...

TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts will have star quarterback Ricky Ray under centre when they host the B.C. Lions next week. Head coach Scott Milanovich announced Wednesday that Ray will be back for the...

MONTREAL - Four years after being seriously wounded by the same bullet that killed his friend outside the Metropolis nightclub in 2012, Dave Courage says justice has finally been done. “Everyone...

OTTAWA - The political pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to outline specific measures to control spending among his cabinet ministers, now that two of them find their own practices...