Category Archives: Canadian Press

DENVER - Colorado’s long-running battle over oil and gas drilling in suburban neighbourhoods has erupted again, and this time the stakes are deeply personal. As state lawmakers debate whether to...

SAN FRANCISCO - Lyft is lifting the price target for its initial public offering in a sign of the excitement surrounding the stock market debut of a ride-hailing service that’s gaining ground on...

SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. jury on Wednesday awarded more than $80 million in damages to a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer, in a case that his attorneys say could help determi...

TORONTO - When the Toronto Blue Jays open the 2019 season against the Detroit Tigers Thursday afternoon, it will mark not only a new beginning for a team trending towards a more youthful core, but a f...

VANCOUVER - Quinn Hughes won’t be looking to put on a show when he makes his NHL debut with the Vancouver Canucks. “I don’t think I need to do anything special,” the 19-year-ol...

SURREY, B.C. - Police say a mother and her two sons were the victims of a single-vehicle collision in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday and their deaths are being treated as suspicious. The RCMP say investigat...

WHITEHORSE - There was nothing a woman could have done to prevent a predatory attack by a starving grizzly bear that killed her and her 10-month-old daughter, the Yukon Coroner’s Service has con...

WASHINGTON - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Medicaid work requirements undermine the program’s mission of providing health care for the needy, dealing a blow to the Trump administration...

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism. The company previously allowed such material even though i...

An Ontario town has rejected a motion to open all its council meetings with an acknowledgment that the proceedings are taking place on lands held by Canada’s Indigenous people. A councillor in t...