Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo will reopen Thursday after being closed by a month-long strike. Unionized workers at Canada’s largest zoo ratified a new four-year collective agreement on Sunday. The T...

VANCOUVER - Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says more people are expected to die of illicit opioid overdoses in Canada this year compared with nearly 2,500 fatalities recorded in 2016. “It...

CALGARY - The U.S. Energy Information Administration has highlighted how last year’s oil price drop brought on a massive writedown of high-cost Canadian oilsands reserves. The EIA said in a brie...

SEATTLE - Starbucks has teamed up with Lady Gaga for a set of brightly coloured summer drinks that will raise money for the singer’s foundation. The “Cups of Kindness” campaign begin...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. budget deficit rose to $88.4 billion in May from $53 billion a year earlier, as government spending in areas such as Medicaid and defence rose at a faster pace than revenue. Rece...

The Pittsburgh Penguins were basking in the glory of their first Stanley Cup since 2009 at about this point last year, but Kris Letang already sensed Sidney Crosby looking ahead to future feats. Crosb...

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver man has pulled the plug on his electric skateboard after receiving a $598 ticket the first time he took it out on the street. Daniel Dahlberg said he was riding the longboard, ...

HALIFAX - The federal government is considering a NATO request to send police trainers to Afghanistan, but Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canada’s military focus remains in Iraq. “As ...

MONTREAL - Hydro-Quebec’s Montreal headquarters has been named after former Liberal premier Jean Lesage, even though Rene Levesque is widely credited with completing the nationalization of Quebe...

CALGARY - A fatality inquiry into the death of a peace officer in Alberta five years ago focused strongly on the mental health of the killer on its opening day Monday. Rod Lazenby was a retired RCMP o...