Category Archives: Canadian Press

MINNEAPOLIS - Justin Timberlake was asked about a bromance with Tom Brady, a possible ‘N Sync reunion and serenaded with “Happy Birthday,” but the superstar didn’t get a questi...

VANCOUVER - A new study shows illicit opioid users in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside are increasingly testing positive for the potent painkiller fentanyl, which was linked to the majority of fata...

TORONTO - The Canada Council for the Arts is reviewing its funding of Toronto-based Soulpepper Theatre Company, which is facing lawsuits over sexual misconduct allegations against its founding artisti...

Fredericton’s police chief says the force is moving to better serve francophones following complaints two officers failed to fully comply with the Official Languages Act during a traffic stop la...

SALT LAKE CITY - Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to announce on Feb. 15 if he’ll run for the Utah Senate seat held by Orrin Hatch. Romney said in a Twitter post Thursd...

WAUKESHA, Wis. - A Wisconsin girl who stabbed a classmate to curry favour with the fictional horror character Slender Man will be committed to a mental hospital for 40 years, a judge ordered Thursday,...

PENTICTON, B.C. - Kerri Einarson’s sure shooting has her Wild Card rink leading the championship pool of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Einarson’s Manitoba-based team improved to 8-1 a...

OTTAWA - A handful of Liberal MPs paying tribute to Canada’s newly - if not quite official -gender-neutral national anthem have hit a sour note with the Speaker of the House of Commons. Mona For...

VICTORIA - The lawyer for a man charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of his two daughters on Christmas Day in Oak Bay, B.C., says his client is entitled to the presumption of innocence. And...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions signed Canadian offensive lineman Hunter Steward to a contract extension through the 2018 season Thursday. The sis-foot-six, 315-pound Steward was eligible to become a free ...