Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - The Canadian Press has learned that a former Ontario nurse accused of killing eight seniors in her care is expected to plead guilty to first-degree murder charges in their deaths at a court ...

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - Members of the police force in New Glasgow, N.S., were all smiles in 2014 when Peter MacKay, the local MP and then defence minister, arranged for the Canadian military to give them...

Toronto’s Devon Travis was determined to control the pace of his at-bat in a seventh-inning showdown with Wandy Peralta on Wednesday afternoon. The Cincinnati reliever kept throwing to first bas...

A ringleader of the so-called Toronto 18 terror cell continues to minimize his role in the deadly plot and can’t guarantee he has the support to manage his return to society, officials said in u...

OTTAWA - Former jurors delivered an emotional plea Wednesday for the federal government to create national supports for Canadians who perform jury duty. Mark Farrant, who said he developed post-trauma...

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr is set to unveil about $1 billion in financial supports for softwood lumber producers and their employees. Cabinet discussed the options for a package May ...

CALGARY - Some business leaders in Canada expressed concerns Wednesday that the fallout from British Columbia’s election is discouraging the private sector from investing in the province. Promis...

TORONTO - The criminal charge of possessing child pornography does not include a lesser offence of accessing the lewd images, Ontario’s top court ruled on Wednesday. In acquitting a man convicte...

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s military says 13 soldiers have died in a helicopter crash the border with Iraq. A military statement said the AS532 Cougar helicopter crashed Wednesday shortly after ta...

NEW YORK - CBS’ effort to brand itself as the home of hard-edged newscasts has been a success in the morning, not so much in the evening - and “CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley ...