Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - Atlantic Canada’s largest city has a new, and highly unlikely, tropical flavour. Nine palm trees have been planted in four Halifax parks, although the jury is out on whether they can s...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s privacy commissioner says she’s shocked by how a grocery-store pharmacist was able to snoop into the electronic personal health information of dozens of people she ...

TORONTO - A lawyer for former Toronto Blue Jay Roberto Osuna, who is charged with assault, took issue Wednesday with recent comments from the general manager of his client’s new team, the Housto...

TORONTO - Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris, Edmonton wide receiver D’Haquille (Duke) Williams and Ottawa wide receiver Brad Sinopoli are the CFL’s top performers for July. Harris, a Win...

KINSHASA, Congo - At least four new cases of the Ebola virus have emerged in Congo’s northeast, just a week after an outbreak in the northwest was declared over, the country’s health minis...

LEWISTON, Maine - Actor Patrick Dempsey says someone is impersonating him online and asking his fans to give money to either him or his Maine-based non-profit. Dempsey tweeted on his verified account ...

WASHINGTON - In negotiations over a possible interview by prosecutors, special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has offered the White House format changes, perhaps willing to limit some questions a...

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats never had the chance to see just how good Johnny Manziel could be in a regular-season game. They’ll find out Friday night. The former Heisman Trophy winner will make his ...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has made major changes to his cabinet roughly midway through his mandate, swapping ministers in Health, Finance and other high-profile portfolios. Pallister...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Police in west Georgia say a father was texting when he ran over his toddler son twice in his driveway. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports 24-year-old Trenton Cook is charged with se...