Category Archives: Canadian Press

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan officials said Friday that at least 15 people have drowned and scores of families have been displaced across the East African nation during two days of heavy rainfall that caus...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada should declare that anti-Sikh violence that took place in India more than three decades ago was a genocide. Singh - who spent much of this week defending ...

EDMONTON - A judge in Edmonton has declared a career criminal whose violent attacks go back decades a dangerous offender. Lance Blanchard, 60, was in court Friday to hear the decision by Justice Eric ...

CRANBROOK, B.C. - A man who promised millions of dollars to a junior hockey team in southeastern British Columbia has been placed on six months of probation after pleading guilty to an unrelated fraud...

OTTAWA - The federal government offered a temporary glimmer of hope Friday to employees suffering through serious pay issues as it moved ahead in talks with civil service unions toward a settlement fo...

PHILADELPHIA - A male gorilla at the Philadelphia Zoo is taking a stand against dirty hands by opting to walk on two legs. Apparently, 18-year-old Louis is a clean freak. When Louis has his hands full...

WOODSTOCK, N.B. - Two men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with a robbery gone awry two years ago in northwestern New Brunswick that left one man dead and his home and truck destroyed...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba has become the latest province to pursue tougher penalties, including immediate licence suspensions, for people who use a hand-held cellphone or other electronic device while drivi...

TORONTO - When Toronto Maple Leafs centre Nazem Kadri was in the midst of recording just two points over a 20-game stretch earlier this season - including 12 straight outings where he was held entirel...

OTTAWA - Mista Wasis recalls dreaming of the family he could barely remember after the government forced him from his community as a child and into a non-Indigenous home during the ’60s Scoop. &...