Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - Indigenous and civil rights groups complain that the Vancouver Police Department should not be responsible for investigating itself over the issue of significant racial disparity in the de...

BURNABY, B.C. - One year after 13-year-old Marrisa Shen was murdered in Burnaby, B.C., police insist they haven’t given up on the case and her family is pleading for the public’s help find...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. offered a glimpse inside one of its coming cannabis stores Wednesday, showcasing a unique retail hybrid not likely found anywhere else in the world. NSLC preside...

SURREY, B.C. - For the Canadian women’s softball team, the road back to the Olympics may include a stop in a U.S. professional league. Softball was not included at the last two Olympics before b...

ST. PAUL, Alta. - It was a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious find. A first-edition hardcover book of “Mary Poppins,” published in 1934, is back in an Alberta public library after 40 years...

SHERBROOKE, Que. - Quebec says it will spend about $8 million over five years to fight invasive plant species. Today’s announcement comes just a few days after a coalition of groups called on Qu...

PHILADELPHIA - Jay-Z said Wednesday he’s disappointed that Philadelphia is booting his annual music festival from the city’s grandest boulevard, accusing the mayor of having “zero ap...

When Brittany Lincicome tees off against men on the PGA Tour this week, Canadian hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser wants her to tune out the noise and just play her game. As someone who spent years comp...

RICHMOND, B.C. - Mounties in Richmond, B.C., say it appears criminals have added Bitcoin ransom to the growing list of manoeuvres to swindle money from unsuspecting victims. Officers responded to a re...

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota State Fair announced dozens of new attractions Wednesday for the 2018 edition of the Great Minnesota Get-Together. The fair runs from Aug. 23 through Labor Day, Sept. 3. He...