Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - As anti-poverty advocates denounced the Ontario government’s decision to scrap a basic income pilot project, the province defended the move Wednesday by suggesting the program discoura...

WINNIPEG - Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be removed from a display at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights over the humanitarian crisis facing her country’s Rohingya Muslims. The ...

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday approved a catch-all spending bill that funds a wide swath of government programs, from Interior and environment to agriculture, transportation, housing, Treasury ...

COPENHAGEN - The daring theft of priceless crown jewels dating back centuries from a small Swedish town’s cathedral Tuesday is the latest in a long line of brazen jewelry heists over the years. ...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward Nic Petan on a one-year, two-way contract worth US$874,125 in the NHL. The 23-year-old from Delta, B.C., had two goals in 15 games for the Jets last ye...

CALGARY - A warning about taking someone’s life was posted in November 2010 on the Facebook page of a Calgary man charged with murdering three people who were found dead Tuesday. “Imma kil...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Lightning storms that swept across British Columbia are being blamed by the Wildfire Service for many of the blazes that started this week across the province including one that threa...

CANTON, Ohio - Ray Lewis and Brian Urlacher, two of the NFL’s greatest linebackers, enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame this week. When their teams meet in Thursday night’s preseason opene...

Quebec City police have launched a criminal investigation into the burning of a Hydro-Quebec pole during the G7 summit. The alleged sabotage on June 9 disrupted part of the wireless communication netw...

Calgary police have charged a man after a lengthy investigation led to the discovery of more than $1 million in fake transit passes. The year-long investigation involved nine search warrants and event...