Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - A new report concludes that it would be cheaper to cancel the Site C dam than to delay the $8.8-billion megaproject in northeast British Columbia. The report by auditing firm Deloitte LLP ...

VANCOUVER - A Sri Lankan man found guilty of smuggling Tamil migrants to Canada won’t serve any more time in prison, despite being handed a four-sentence on Monday. Kunarobinson Christhurajah, w...

WINNIPEG - A moose that was on the loose for two days in Winnipeg and almost delayed the start of a Canadian Football League game has died after being tranquilized. Manitoba’s Sustainable Develo...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he has made a “full and fair apology” for remarks about the province’s former liquefied natural gas advocate in reaction to a la...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Jerry Brown and the state Senate leader said Monday they’ve agreed to changes in proposed legislation that would further restrict interactions between law en...

MONTREAL - One of Canada’s former poet laureates is being accused of plagiarizing the works of illustrious English-language authors in a book that has since been taken off the shelves. U.K.-base...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Parole has been denied to prison tailor Joyce Mitchell, who was sweet-talked into providing hacksaw blades, chisels and other tools that two killers used in a prison break that’s ...

ATHENS, Greece - Archaeologists in southern Greece have discovered an undisturbed tomb the size of a small house that belonged to a Bronze Age nobleman with a fondness for jewelry. Greece’s Cult...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - An Ivy League graduate headed to law school, with eyes on becoming her state’s first female governor, Miss North Dakota Cara Mund knew the importance of answering a questio...

AIRDRIE, Alta. - Alberta RCMP have added a feather to their cap by coming to the rescue of a great horned owl entangled in a school soccer net. Mounties in Airdrie, just north of Calgary, were waved d...