Category Archives: Canadian Press

EDMONTON - Scientists from the University of Alberta have discovered male red squirrels kill the offspring of their male rivals in years when there’s a lot of food. The research project, publish...

NEW YORK - A new survey reveals fading optimism among homebuilders, and a downward revision in sentiment from February suggests a more sustained perception of deterioration. The National Association o...

HALIFAX - An offshore royalty windfall has prompted the Nova Scotia government to embark on a nearly $245 million spending spree two weeks before the fiscal year ends. The money announced Thursday in ...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration accused Russia on Thursday of a concerted, ongoing operation to hack and spy on the U.S. energy grid and other critical infrastructure, and separately imposed san...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his government resigned Thursday as a way out of the political crisis triggered by the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fian...

GLASOW, Scotland - Star winger DTH van der Merwe, Canada’s all-time leading try-scorer, has re-joined the Glasgow Warriors. Van der Merwe, who also holds the Glasgow try-scoring record, spent si...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Broadway production of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is still set to open this year despite a lawsuit filed by the estate of the author, an attorney for t...

OTTAWA - Parliament’s spending watchdog urged the federal government to come clean Thursday on billions of dollars’ worth of expenditure outlined in last month’s budget that includes...

Disabled Canadians are about twice as likely to experience violence as their able-bodied peers, with greater instances of victimization taking place at every stage of life, new data from Statistics Ca...

Arland Bruce III won’t be having his day in court. The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday it won’t hear Bruce’s concussion lawsuit against the CFL and former commissioner Mark Coh...