Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The number of irregular border crossers in Canada went up in July after two months of decline. Newly published federal data shows a total of 1,634 irregular migrants were apprehended by RCMP ...

WINNIPEG - Crown prosecutors are appealing the sentence of a man who left his 89-year-old mother on the floor of their home for several weeks until she died. Ronald Siwicki, 66, was sentenced in July ...

OTTAWA - The minister responsible for Parks Canada says tearing down statues is not the solution when it comes to addressing the darker side of Canadian history. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Police in Buffalo say they’ve found a 2-year-old child safe inside a stolen car. Police say the girl was in a car on Chester Street that was stolen around 11:20 p.m. Tuesday, pro...

CAIRO - A boat sank on Wednesday while crossing the Nile River in Sudan and at least 22 people drowned, including 21 students and a woman, the country’s state news agency reported. The boat was ...

VANCOUVER - Salvage crews managed to partially raise a sunken tug from the Fraser River off Vancouver on Wednesday before the salvage operation was paused for the evening. The B.C. government said the...

TORONTO - Shopify is taking aim at weapons companies by banning the sale of some firearms and accessories on its platform. The Ottawa-based e-commerce giant quietly made changes to its policies this w...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - For East Coast painter Mary Pratt, a master chronicler of the wonders and woes of domesticity, a pile of grapes could contain “the secrets of the universe.” Pratt ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Federal Court of Canada has certified a class action lawsuit against a website that collects obituaries and reposts them. St. John’s lawyer Erin Best says the class ...

EDMONTON - Air quality warnings were issued across the Prairies on Wednesday as smoke from forest fires in British Columbia continued to waft across most of Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan and south...