Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Four Canadian music events are joining an international pledge to fight inequality in the industry by vowing to have gender parity across their lineups by 2022. Montreal’s electronic m...

MONTREAL - The 27 communities that ring Hudson Bay are scheduled to meet Tuesday for the first time to talk about climate change, environmental protection and the impact of development in their vast a...

OTTAWA - Canada’s largest tobacco manufacturer says it is being treated unfairly after a government health committee refused to hear its input in person on proposed changes to smoking laws. R...

OTTAWA - A Conservative bid for an emergency meeting on the Jaspal Atwal affair has fizzled, but political fireworks erupted anew Monday in Parliament over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s much-m...

Ontario Provincial Police say they will “slowly begin scaling back” their search for a missing three-year-old boy who was swept into a swollen river in southwestern Ontario. In a release M...

TORONTO - Patrick Brown’s quest to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives ended Monday with the Barrie, Ont., politician saying the leadership race had taken a toll on his family and dis...

EDMONTON - Alberta is investing $1 billion in oilsands bitumen upgrading to get a bigger bang for the buck on its oil. Premier Rachel Notley announced Monday that the money will be used for loan guara...

WINNIPEG - A jury has found a Manitoba father guilty of manslaughter in the death of his 21-month-old daughter after hearing how he took no action to keep the toddler safe from her abusive mother. A j...

TORONTO - A review of nearly 1,300 child welfare cases spanning 25 years has found that a now-discredited hair analysis program in Toronto that tested for drug and alcohol use caused extensive - and p...

NEW YORK - Not too long ago, Peter Sarsgaard felt he had to have a difficult conversation with his oldest daughter about 9-11. He and Ramona, then 9, were in a car on the anniversary of the terror att...