Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth for alleged sexual abuse involving clergy that dates back decades. The proposed suit...

Six stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 3 --- TRUDEAU LIBERALS SCALE BACK CARBON TAX The federal government is scaling back its carbon pricing plan for heavy industrial emitters in a bid to cut green...

HALIFAX - About 5,000 litres of oil that spilled into Halifax harbour from a Nova Scotia Power generating station has now been contained. The utility confirmed the amount spilled late Friday, saying i...

UNION BAY, B.C. - Anna Stady has never met a bear she didn’t like, but that doesn’t mean she wants one in her kitchen. The 95-year-old Vancouver Island woman says she shooed a black bear o...

Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources says firefighters “continue to make excellent progress” in tackling a massive forest fire known as Parry Sound 33 in the province’s nort...

TORONTO - Canadian researchers say cooking oil may be the key to helping prevent the spread of foodborne bacteria such as salmonella, listeria and E. coli. They say many foods produced on an industria...

For the past week, Robert Tierney Jr. has been registering patients at a Northern California hospital in the mornings and checking out possible rentals after work, trying to count his blessings even t...

Thursday’s Games CFL Toronto 42 Ottawa 41 Edmonton 26 Saskatchewan 19 — MLB American League Toronto 7 Seattle 3 Tampa Bay 4 L.A. Angels 2 Chicago White Sox 6 Kansas City 4 Boston 15 N.Y. Y...

SEATTLE - Mike Hauschild signed his Blue Jays contract a half-hour before and then came on to pitch six impressive innings of relief in his first game in the majors in more than 15 months. Kendrys Mor...

EDMONTON - As long as there is time left on the clock, its tough to count out Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly. Reilly ran in the winning touchdown inside the three-minute warning and passed f...