Category Archives: Canadian Press

An elementary teachers’ union in Ontario has issued a call to remove the name of Canada’s first prime minister from schools in the province. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of On...

MONTREAL - An anti-hate speech activist says he’s not done fighting after a Quebec town’s refusal to remove two swastika-emblazoned anchors from a public park. Corey Fleischer, who regular...

OTTAWA - Friends, family and hockey dignitaries joined together at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday to celebrate life and legacy of Bryan Murray, whose signature sense of humour and ability to reach p...

CALGARY - A police watchdog investigation has concluded police were justified in shooting and killing a man in a wheelchair who had been firing a gun out of his home for 90 minutes and nearly hit poli...

OTTAWA - Mike Duffy, the Senate and the RCMP are heading back to court with the senator seeking more than $7.8 million in damages stemming from the high-profile investigation, suspension, and court ca...

HALIFAX - A series of commemorative steel sculptures are to be erected across the Halifax area, as the city marks the 100th anniversary of the massive explosion that levelled much of its north end and...

DENVER - Cheerleading coaches and school administrators in a Colorado district were placed on leave and police opened an investigation amid a series of videos showing high school cheerleaders screamin...

BARNSTABLE, Mass. - Guests of a party where a son and granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy were arrested are disputing the report by Massachusetts police. The Cape Cod Times reports (http://bit.ly/2v8RW...

TORONTO - Ontario is putting hundreds of millions of dollars toward social housing repairs and retrofits, with about half of the money going to Toronto, where the funds may also help repair a strained...

OTTAWA - Retired general and senator Romeo Dallaire says Canadians can’t just assume the U.S. will shoot down a missile heading towards Canada, and that it is time for this country to finally em...