Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - A change by the former Conservative government that made it harder for murderers serving life sentences to apply for parole is unconstitutional if applied retroactively, Ontario’s top ...

MORLEY, Alta. - Mounties in southern Alberta are investigating a possible road rage attack after a German tourist was shot in the head while driving on a highway. RCMP say a bullet penetrated the head...

MONTREAL - Members of the northern Quebec Innu nation of Matimekush-Lac John have lifted a barricade after reaching a deal with Tata Steel Minerals Canada regarding the environment, jobs and training,...

NEW YORK - Signalling that the antitrust regulations that have governed movie distribution for the last seven decades may be ripe for revision, the Department of Justice has opened a review of the fam...

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia man pretended to be a prince in an elaborate catfishing scheme to get young boys to send them explicit photographs of themselves, according to federal authorities. The Ph...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Toronto Blue Jays have suspended Canadian outfielder Dalton Pompey for violating club policy. Pompey’s suspension was confirmed by a Blue Jays spokesperson Thursday, but no s...

CHATEAU-RICHER, Que. - The driver of a dump truck who was taking a curve on a steep road near Quebec City lost control of the vehicle Thursday and plowed into a duplex below. Provincial police said th...

OTTAWA - The federal carbon pricing system for heavy emitters, softened last week to ease the impact on Canadian industry, could be amended even further this fall as Ottawa looks to address competitiv...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The head coach of the University of Lethbridge women’s hockey team is to receive more training after the school investigated a formal harassment complaint filed by six of her...

WINNIPEG - Roland Mousseau erupted in anger Thursday as the second of two teenage girls who killed his stepdaughter in a beating that was shared online was given a youth sentence. Extra sheriff’...