Category Archives: Canadian Press

EDMONTON - The mother of a five-month-old baby boy who died in an Edmonton house fire says she is touched by the support she is receiving from everyone. Angie Tang says in a brief statement that she i...

BOSTON - An artist who created a cartoon frog that was appropriated by white racists has forced a Texas man to quit distributing a children’s book based on the character. Attorneys for artist Ma...

Art Briles won’t be resuming his coaching career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The CFL and Ticats issued a joint statement Monday night saying Briles wouldn’t be heading north. The Ticats ...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Aug. 28 --- PRIME MINISTER TO DISSOLVE INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS FILE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Indigenous Affairs file is being restructured and will ...

OTTAWA - A pair of relative political rookies - Seamus O’Regan and Carla Qualtrough - have been tapped to guide two of the federal Liberal government’s most complex and politically sensiti...

NEW YORK - The ubiquitous hit song “Despacito” has tied Mariah Carey’s 16-week record at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Billboard announced Monday that Luis Fonsi’s song...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - A native American band says its anglers have caught about 20,000 fish following the collapse of a commercial net pen rearing farmed Atlantic salmon in Puget Sound. The Lummi Nation...

OTTAWA - A United Nations panel says the construction of British Columbia’s $8.8-billion Site C dam should be halted until there is a full review of how it would affect Indigenous land. The reco...

MONTREAL - Canadian softwood lumber producers are getting a temporary reprieve as a large portion of preliminary duties in place for four months have ended pending a final decision. Most lumber compan...

HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre says a large storm system off the coast of Florida will likely push through waters off Atlantic Canada sometime Wednesday or Thursday. Forecasters say potential...