Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man had a happy birthday indeed by winning $1 million. The B.C. Lottery Corp. says David McLeod of Kelowna bought a 6/49 ticket for a draw on May 17, which happened to b...

OTTAWA - Canada faces a lot of challenges that won’t get addressed if the country gets “bogged down” in another round of constitutional haggling, Justin Trudeau said Monday. The prim...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Truck owners in four Vancouver-area communities are being warned about thieves targeting vehicles for their pricey tailgates. Const. Ian MacDonald of the Abbotsford Police Departmen...

NEW YORK - Sen. Al Franken says he will not appear as scheduled on Friday’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” in the wake of Maher’s use of a racial slur on last week’s show. T...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Key developments in Bill Cosby’s sexual-assault trial on Monday: PROSECUTION OPENING STATEMENT: Assistant District Attorney Kristen Feden used Cosby’s words against him, ...

CHICAGO - A federal judge on Monday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by former NHL player Derek Boogaard’s parents, who blamed the league for their son’s brain damage and addiction...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s TV daughter said she came to the courthouse on the first day of his sexual-assault trial because she would want similar support if “the tables were turned.&#...

VANCOUVER - The union representing postal workers wants Canada Post to release the number of community mailboxes that have been broken into across the country. Mike Palecek, national president of the ...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Frank Alexander doesn’t really want to talk about what brought him to the CFL. The imposing defensive lineman knows people will be interested in how he found his way to B.C. Lio...

LAS VEGAS - A police officer was arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter for placing a neck hold on an unarmed man who died outside a Las Vegas Strip casino, authorities said. Kenneth Lopera, ...