Category Archives: Canadian Press

MEXICO CITY - Everyone talks about a new NAFTA that will help the working class: Donald Trump was elected on it, the Canadian government calls it a priority and the Mexican government says it’s ...

HALIFAX - Less than two years after he arrived as a refugee, a Syrian chocolatier has been named to the board of Nova Scotia’s economic development agency. Tareq Hadhad is among the most high-pr...

TORONTO - After time in the soccer doldrums, Canada turned heads with its confident, even adventurous play at this summer’s Gold Cup. But new coach Octavio Zambrano says the Canadian men have mo...

WINNIPEG - The weather provided some help Friday to crews battling a large forest fire that has forced 3,700 people from their homes in northern Manitoba. The Manitoba government said strong south win...

TORONTO - Ontario residents with disabilities are seeing major changes to provincial programs offering financial support and medical coverage. Effective Friday, the government is loosening some of the...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A municipal leader in British Columbia’s central Interior says he wouldn’t be surprised if wildfires that have chewed through more than 10,600 square kilometres of wo...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has bought a further one-year reprieve for a money-losing section of railway in Cape Breton, paying $720,000 in a deal that will help keep the tracks from being ri...

HALIFAX - Canada’s East Coast navy welcomed its new commander Friday. Rear Admiral Craig Baines took over from Rear Admiral John Newton in a ceremony on the Halifax naval dockyards. Baines has b...

MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - A lawyer acting for the prosecution in the case of a deadly northern Saskatchewan shooting has been named a provincial court judge. Lloyd Stang’s call to the bench further d...

TORONTO - The Canadian Women’s Hockey League will pay its players for regular-season games starting this season. A pay structure unveiled Friday was passed by the league’s board of directo...