Category Archives: Canadian Press

CALGARY - A man charged in the shooting death of a Canadian Football League player last year has been committed to stand trial. A judge has ruled that there is sufficient evidence for Nelson Tony Luge...

MONTREAL - Quebec’s finance minister says he has no plans in the near term to introduce a foreign buyer’s tax on Montreal homes but is open to the idea if one is needed. Carlos Leitao says...

TORONTO - Calling opioids an “ongoing concern” in all parts of the province, Ontario’s provincial police said Friday it would equip all front-line officers with naloxone kits to prot...

OTTAWA - The federal government’s bug-addled public service pay system saw a fresh spike in problems last month, the result of new labour contracts and summer hiring, officials said Friday. Publ...

MONTREAL - Raif Badawi’s children are appealing to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to personally call Saudi Arabian authorities to ask for their father to be freed as the fifth anniversary of his ...

ISTANBUL - Kurdish militants have claimed responsibility for a Turkish military helicopter crash that killed all 13 personnel on board two days ago near the Turkey-Iraq border. The People’s Defe...

TORONTO - The 2018 Grey Cup will be played in Edmonton. A league source says the Alberta capital has been awarded the CFL championship game. An official announcement will be made Monday at Commonwealt...

TORONTO - Kinder Morgan Canada won’t make further concessions on its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the company’s president said Friday, setting the stage for a showdown with British C...

BRUSSELS - Belgian prosecutors say a suspect in the attacks in Paris in 2015 has been charged with being a leader of the extremist cell that killed 130 people. The 30-year-old Belgian national, Yassin...

TORONTO - Having beaten the No. 2 team in their division by 68 points last time out, the unbeaten Toronto Wolfpack look to make short work of the 14th-ranked side when the 1-7-0 Coventry Bears visit S...