Category Archives: Canadian Press

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Tourism officials are starting to assess the impact of devastating wildfires in British Columbia and have received mixed feedback on the toll so far on the travel sector. Maya Lange o...

MONTREAL - After taking down one boyhood idol, Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov will be gunning for another at the men’s Rogers Cup. The 18-year-old Shapovalov downed 2009 U.S. Open champion J...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Derek Saretzky was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 75 years for killing a father, daughter and senior in 2015. Federal legislation allows a judge...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration imposed sanctions Thursday on eight more individuals in Venezuela, including the brother of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in the latest U.S. bid to t...

TORONTO - Karolina Pliskova stepped onto the court, shook off some nerves, and began her run as World No. 1 on a positive note. The 25-year-old from the Czech Republic downed Russian Anastasia Pavlyuc...

OTTAWA - Canadian health-care experts, including B.C.’s provincial health officer, want the federal government to strongly consider Portugal’s approach to drug policy, including the decrim...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump scolded his own party’s Senate leader on Wednesday for the crash of the Republican drive to repeal and rewrite the Obama health care law, using Twitter to dem...

WINNIPEG - If Oksana Chaput is exhausted after yet another gruelling swimming practice, she only has to go into her basement for a pick-me-up. On the wall of her Winnipeg home hangs a photo of herself...

VANCOUVER - Lobby groups for the meat and dairy sectors are up in arms over indications that Canada’s next food guide could discourage the consumption of beef, butter and cheese. The guide, expe...

GRANBY, Que. - A Quebec blogger who swindled a man with cystic fibrosis of $125,000 has been sentenced to 18 months house arrest. In June 2014, a judge found Patrick Vaillancourt guilty of defrauding ...