Category Archives: Canadian Press

RED DEER, Alta. - A trial for two men charged in the deaths of a central Alberta couple and their daughter has heard about charred remains discovered inside the family’s farm home and a dead pet...

VICTORIA - The unprecedented overdose death toll in British Columbia means it may be time to have a “courageous conversation” about decriminalizing the drugs that are killing so many peopl...

GENEVA - Four more Russian cross-country skiers were found guilty of doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics on Thursday, including three-time silver medallist Maxim Vylegzhanin. The International Olympic C...

BURIRAM, Thailand - Amid political tension between the two countries, North Korea and Malaysia are about to face each other in a pair of Asian Cup qualifiers in neutral Thailand. North Korea will be t...

OTTAWA - Just one day after the federal government saved an Arctic climate change research program from the brink of death, another is knocking on the door looking for salvation. Louis Fortier, a Univ...

EDSON, Alta. - Robert Price calls it the longest drive of his life. The 43-year-old Alberta trucker spent three-hours driving along a B.C. highway Monday after an assailant came to his window, waving ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - It will soon look a lot like Christmas in New York City thanks to a tree from Pennsylvania. Workers on Thursday cut down a 75-foot (23-meter) Norway Spruce at the State College ho...

BILLINGS, Mont. - Some Montana drivers got Thanksgiving turkeys instead of tickets when they were pulled over by traffic officers. The Billings Gazette reports that officers with the Billings Police D...

More than five years after the white poppy campaign sparked a rancorous debate about how Canadians should reflect on Remembrance Day, the anti-war movement is still stinging from its ugly standoff wit...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Canada’s Elisabeth Vathje won a silver medal at the first World Cup women’s skeleton race of the Olympic season Thursday. She finished second behind Austria’s Jan...