Category Archives: Canadian Press

KAMPALA, Uganda - Hundreds of solemn people watched Friday as body after body was pulled from a capsized ferry that Tanzanian authorities said was badly overcrowded and upended in the final stretch be...

NEW YORK - She says he sexually assaulted her; he denies it. Is somebody deliberately lying? Not necessarily. Experts say that because of how memory works, it’s possible that both Supreme Court ...

PHNOM PEHN, Cambodia - An Australian filmmaker was awaiting deportation from Cambodia on Saturday after receiving a royal pardon for his conviction on spying charges for flying a drone over a politica...

An air passenger rights advocate has filed a regulatory complaint against Swoop Inc. claiming the new low-cost airline is unlawfully charging baggage fees. In a complaint to the Canadian Transportatio...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The leader of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Progressive Conservative party has won a seat in the provincial legislature. Ches Crosbie won a byelection Thursday in the ridi...

Five stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 21 --- QUEBEC LEADERS SQUARE OFF IN LAST DEBATE After seeing his party’s lead in the polls evaporate, Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault t...

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to scour social-media platforms to find out what Canadians really think about pot as the country enters its new era of legalized weed. With only a few weeks ...

EDMONTON - Kermit the Frog sang “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green,” and candidates running to be leader of the Green Party of Alberta might relate. At a time when the province’s...

LAVAL, Que. - The chairman of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says reluctance from the company’s own employees and broader uncertainty about the North American cannabis market are preventing it fr...

VANCOUVER - A legal advocacy organization on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is circulating flyers with pictures of two police officers and asking if anyone has been harassed by them. Lawyer Anna ...