Category Archives: Canadian Press

MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota judge abruptly dismissed charges against three climate change activists during their trial on Tuesday, saying prosecutors failed to prove that the protesters’ attempt t...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is going to let medical cannabis users light up in some public places. New rules announced by the province will allow medical users to smoke or vape marijuana in pub...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says Opposition Leader Jason Kenney must stop “dog-whistle” politics that allow hateful extremists to believe they have a home in his United Conser...

WASHINGTON - Notable firings and resignations from President Donald Trump’s White House since he took office on Jan. 20, 2017. -Oct. 9: Trump announces U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s resign...

OTTAWA - Some police forces are implementing nonsensical and downright offensive policies that prohibit or severely limit off-duty cannabis use, says a national association that represents front-line ...

SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan author says he had good intentions when he wrote a book about the Humboldt Broncos and the team’s deadly bus crash. “Humble Beginnings of the Humboldt Broncos an...

CALGARY - The International Olympic Committee has invited Calgary to compete for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, but Calgarians are proving more difficult to impress than the IOC. Calgar...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative leader says he will make preparations this week to form a government ready to assume power once the Tories are called on to do so. Blaine H...

MONTREAL - Armenia isn’t top of mind when one thinks of thriving French culture. But this week the Armenian capital of Yerevan will be briefly transformed into a francophone mecca, a sign of the...

TORONTO - Doug Ford is marking his first 100 days as Ontario’s premier with a rally at the heart of the so-called Ford Nation, the west Toronto area where he and his family cut their political t...