Category Archives: Canadian Press

A church group is being pressured to cancel two speakers at a conference in Pugwash, N.S., next month, amid concerns they promote a homophobic message to young people. The event at Camp Pugwash, a ven...

SURREY, B.C. - The mournful cries of peacocks could soon be silenced in a Surrey, B.C., neighbourhood after city council voted to roust the birds. Council has approved a plan to trap about 100 peacock...

TORONTO - Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell was named the CFL’s top performer of the week Tuesday. Mitchell set a single-game franchise record by completing 90.9 per cent of his pa...

MONTREAL - Former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus received a wild-card entry Tuesday to play in the Rogers Cup this August in Montreal. The two-time Grand Slam champion, who took time away fr...

Climate change is already having a big impact - and Canadian governments urgently need to collect and publish data showing how safe their citizens are from floods, fires and other hazards, a federal a...

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia judge denied rapper Meek Mill’s petition for a new trial in his decade-old drug and gun convictions Monday despite support for the request by the district attorney&...

WASHINGTON - The White House is adding a live concert on the South Lawn to its annual Fourth of July celebration. The 90-minute event is made possible by a partnership between the National Park Servic...

HAMILTON - A jury is deliberating the fate of a Hamilton-area homeowner charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of a man who broke into his truck. Peter Khill, 28, admits he killed Jon Styre...

LONDON - Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard generated plenty of headlines Tuesday and it wasn’t for her first-round victory in the qualification draw at Wimbledon. A one-time finalist at the All-En...

Toronto can no longer accommodate new waves of refugees and asylum seekers in its shelter system and needs federal and provincial help dealing with the situation, the city’s mayor said Tuesday a...