Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - Via Rail has joined discussions with the British Columbia government, First Nations and social service agencies to offer rock-bottom fares to “vulnerable” people who can’...

BOSTON - It’s not an easy movie to watch: Hunters clubbing seals to death and bloodying the otherwise pristine ice of the Canadian Arctic. But for the Cape Cod-based International Fund for Anima...

Thursday’s Games MLB American League Detroit 4 Boston 3 Baltimore 13 Houston 5 Cleveland 5 Chicago White Sox 4 Kansas City 8 Minnesota 1 L.A. Angels 6 Seattle 4 — National League Chicago C...

MINNEAPOLIS - Retired Army Gen. John W. Vessey, who rose through the ranks in a 46-year military career to become chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and help oversee President Ronald Reagan’s...

DETROIT - A judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender embalmer who was fired by a Detroit-area funeral home after disclosing that she was transitioning from male to female...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A federal judge on Thursday definitively blocked a Florida abortion law to prevent state funds from going to organizations that provide abortions - after the administration of Gov....

RIO DE JANEIRO - Canada’s Damian Warner captured bronze in the decathlon on Thursday at the Rio Olympics. The London, Ont., native finished the 10-discipline competition with 8,666 points. He ma...

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders announced on Thursday that former running back Lovell Coleman has died. He was 78. Coleman, who joined the Stampeders in 1960, died on Aug. 10 in Kamloops, B.C. Colema...

VANCOUVER - Experts say they’re not sure British Columbia’s overdue climate change plan will go far enough in increasing carbon taxes and tightening environmental policies to reach the pro...

TORONTO - Police say RCMP are involved in the probe into a fatal crash involving a plane allegedly stolen from an airport in the Greater Toronto Area. York Regional police says the Mounties are part o...