Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Park Board is appealing a court decision that determined it didn’t have the authority to ban whales, dolphins and porpoises at the city’s aquarium. A B.C. Supreme...

INDIANAPOLIS - Months after the story of a Canadian woman’s botched eyeball tattoo made headlines around the world, a U.S. state has passed legislation to ban the practice. Catt Gallinger, of Ot...

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Chanie Wenjack’s sister said the presence of Gord Downie was upon Peterborough, Ont., Friday as she marked the opening of a school for Indigenous studies at Trent University...

OMAHA, Neb. - A tiny Nebraska startup awarded the first border wall construction project under President Donald Trump is the offshoot of a construction firm that was sued repeatedly for failing to pay...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Amid anonymous allegations of sexual misconduct against prominent author Sherman Alexie - and his acknowledgement of harming others - readers of his work are re-evaluating what plac...

VANCOUVER - Several conservation groups say the federal government’s failure to issue an emergency order reducing threats to endangered orcas off the B.C. coast ahead of fishing and whale-watchi...

VANCOUVER - Sitting in a doctor’s waiting room in Vancouver, Patricia Louie saw posters that only featured white and light skin-toned people depicted as patients. She wondered if medical textboo...

CALGARY - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the Calgary Flames’ financial situation “continues to deteriorate” as the team continues to operate out of the aging Scotiabank Saddledom...

EDMONTON - Every year, tonnes of plastic waste are burned on farms around Alberta and across Canada. More is buried or dumped in municipal landfills. Farm groups are working on better ways to dispose ...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia children’s entertainment company owner says provincial red tape has left his bouncy houses uninflated, as he waits to get the safety course he needs to operate. In an int...