Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is tapping a former army officer, who served in Afghanistan and commanded Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick, as Canada’s new veterans’ ombudsma...

VANCOUVER - Swallows are evolving smaller, more manoeuvrable wings to help them dodge buildings and vehicles. Some fish are growing mouths that are smaller and harder to hook. Large animals from carib...

CALGARY - A week before Calgarians rejected another chance to hold the Winter Olympic Games, Mayor Naheed Nenshi, draped in a Team Canada scarf, stood before a rapt pro-bid crowd and made a passionate...

TORONTO - An investigation is underway into an alleged sexual assault at a prestigious private school in Toronto, police said Wednesday as the institution announced it had expelled students over two s...

LAS VEGAS - Mexican rock band Mana became the first group ever to be honoured as the Latin Recording Academy’s Person of the Year Wednesday, when its four members were recognized during a star-s...

BYHALIA, Miss. - An Alabama tour bus bound for a Mississippi casino overturned Wednesday on an icy highway, leaving two people dead and 44 others aboard with injuries, authorities said, as a pre-winte...

OTTAWA - Win or lose, Trevor Harris knows he won’t be able to quiet his critics. The Ottawa quarterback has struggled to earn respect as a big-game player, even though he has only has one playof...

MONTREAL - Two teenagers appeared in Quebec Youth Court Wednesday on charges of second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 17-year-old whose body was found in a wooded area in Montreal. Th...

OTTAWA - The Ford government should be using Thursday’s economic update to unveil its plan to combat climate change in Ontario, rather than resorting to “gimmicks” to criticize the f...

TORONTO - Rotating Olympic hosts? A single go-to destination every four years? Maybe dump the bid process altogether? There are no easy answers for what has become a challenging effort of late: findin...