Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs have thwarted a bid by Conservatives to force Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser to explain his assertion that rogue elements in the Indian government sabotaged the ...

OTTAWA - A severe shortage of rail cars has left millions of tonnes of in-demand grain trapped across Western Canada and farmers warn that billions of dollars in economic activity could be lost unless...

It’s taken eight years, but Akeem Haynes is a football player once again. The Olympic sprinter traded his track spikes for cleats last month, signing with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Despite not ha...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas’ Supreme Court on Thursday lifted stays of execution for two condemned killers, saying they were not entitled to special assistance from mental health professionals ...

WORCESTER, Mass. - A Massachusetts man was charged Thursday with sending threatening letters with white powder to five people, including one to Donald Trump Jr. that landed his wife, Vanessa, in the h...

NEW YORK - The wife and daughter of Vice-President Mike Pence will be touring this month in support of a new children’s book. Karen Pence and daughter Charlotte Pence have collaborated on “...

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard refused to soften his band’s frat boy persona on Thursday as they played their first show since announcing plans for an “indefinite hiatus...

MONTREAL - The Port of Montreal is trying to deal with noise complaints from local condo dwellers frustrated with the hum of generators powering a U.S. warship unexpectedly stuck here since December b...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says it should still receive $62 million in federal money for emission-reduction programs, even though it will not sign on to Ottawa’s national climate chang...

DEER ISLAND, N.B. - Fire has destroyed a major lobster processing plant on Deer Island in southern New Brunswick. Images posted to social media show a huge blaze early Thursday morning at the Paturel ...