Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The Senate ethics watchdog has resumed an investigation into workplace harassment and bullying allegations against Don Meredith. The fact that Meredith is no longer a senator would usually pu...

TORONTO - Gerry Williams was struggling to break a cycle of homelessness, alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder on the streets of Toronto as he was handed nearly $10,000 in fines under an Onta...

PARIS - The Frenchman killed when he drove a car packed with arms and explosives into a Paris police convoy in a failed attack had pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group and asked...

HALIFAX - As a Cape Breton school board grapples with multiple teen suicides, the Nova Scotia government is sending a youth mental health expert to the grief-stricken community and promising new anti-...

For half a century, the oilsands have fuelled an industry that has become an engine of Canada’s economy. Later this year, the oilpatch will mark the opening of the Fort Hills mine, adding to the...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Nearly 50 years after the opening of Canada’s first major oilsands mine, the site on the banks of Alberta’s Athabasca River is an epicentre of energy, teeming with b...

BOSTON - Former Red Sox star David Ortiz is getting a street named in his honour in Boston, joining the bridge already named after him in the city. Mayor Marty Walsh, Red Sox brass, Boston public scho...

An RCMP corporal who was a friend of three murdered Mounties is publicly condemning the commissioner’s testimony last week on the killings as a clear failure of leadership. “I hold you per...

ROME - The Italian port city of Genoa has taken pride in its famed pesto sauce to new heights by granting special airport waivers for those who can’t get enough of the basil and pine nut pasta s...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s official languages commissioner says more senior provincial officials need to be able to speak both English and French. In her fourth annual report, released Thursd...