Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Security officials say they’re ready for the throngs set to descend on Parliament Hill for Canada’s 150th birthday celebration Saturday. But that doesn’t mean federal resear...

OTTAWA - As the federal government considers the future of Canada’s military mission against Islamic State militants, there are growing concerns about a new battle brewing in Iraq. The feared ne...

TORONTO - An intransigent property owner whose improvements to his rural land caused years of flooding to the adjacent lot must pay his distressed neighbour a hefty award, Ontario’s top court ru...

LOS ANGELES - A hand-drawn map that shows Walt Disney’s original ideas for Disneyland has sold at auction for $708,000. The founder of Van Eaton Galleries in Los Angeles says a private collector...

Pepe the Frog is coming back from the dead. Los Angeles-based cartoonist Matt Furie told The Associated Press on Monday that he intends to resurrect the character he killed off last month in what appe...

TORONTO - Ontario is targeting online ticket scalping with proposed legislation it plans to introduce this fall. Attorney General Yasir Naqvi says last year’s near instantaneous sell-outs of the...

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green was charged Monday with felony child abuse after his 15-year-old daughter told police he punched her in the face. Green, 40, is also...

ROSEBANK, P.E.I. - Police are investigating vandalism to an anti-abortion sign outside a Prince Edward Island church. RCMP say the sign at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Alberton was vandalized a...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May tried Monday to reassure European Union citizens living in Britain that their lives and those of their family will not be disrupted when Britain leaves the ...

Calgary Stampeder running back Roy Finch says he made a mistake trying to treat his attention deficit disorder and it resulted in a two-game suspension. The CFL suspended the 25-year-old Monday for te...