Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The Vancouver shipyard building the navy’s new support ships says the decision to push one of those vessels to the front of the construction queue will shave months, rather than years, ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Two radio stations in North Carolina’s largest city have dropped R. Kelly from their playlists. WBTV in Charlotte reports WOSF-FM operations manager Jeff Anderson said he doesn...

HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed American defensive back Cariel Brooks to a two-year contract extension Wednesday. Brooks, 27, was scheduled to become a free agent next week. The five-foot-10...

MONTREAL - A man on trial for second-degree murder was suffering from depression that affected his ability to make decisions on the day he smothered his ailing wife with a pillow, a jury heard Wednesd...

OTTAWA - Sept. 30 might become a new statutory holiday commemorating victims of residential schools. The House of Commons heritage committee approved a measure Tuesday to make the last day of Septembe...

Greenland and Antarctica are a long distance away, but newly released research suggests the accelerating disappearance of their ice caps will have a major - and underestimated - effect on extreme weat...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. will continue to lead the fight against Islamic State militants in the Middle East, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted Wednesday - notwithstanding President Donald TrumpR...

WINNIPEG - The mother of a newborn seen in a social media video being taken away by police in hospital had told social workers she’d unsuccessfully been treated for addiction, had used cocaine d...

CALGARY - A veteran Canadian Pacific Railway engineer says railroaders are supporting each other after a derailment in the Rocky Mountains this week claimed three of their own. “All the people I...

HALIFAX - A new national campaign is honouring a Halifax woman who ended her life with medical assistance - and lobbying the federal government to amend Canada’s assisted dying rules. Audrey Par...