Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - A judge heard arguments Monday about media access to court documents in a Nova Scotia case involving the alleged sharing of intimate images without consent by teenagers. Defence lawyer Joshu...

A new study suggests drier weather will likely eliminate any advantage for Canada’s boreal forest from higher temperatures caused by climate change. Scientists had predicted that warmer conditio...

TORONTO - The federal government has punted a decision on whether to allow a proposed underground storage bunker to house nuclear waste near Lake Huron well into next summer. In a notice Monday, cabin...

OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of Statistics Canada says newly tabled legislation to give the agency greater independence would make it difficult, but not impossible, for a future government ...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has enacted a ministerial order to support the creation of overdose-prevention sites, a move the province’s health minister describes as an “extraordinary meas...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg lab researcher who was potentially exposed to the Ebola virus has been cleared to return to work. The employee was working with six infected pigs at the National Centre for Forei...

CALGARY - A dramatic jump in oil prices linked to the promise of lower global production is fuelling hope that the Canadian oil sector may soon recover from a two-year economic slump. Observers say th...

NEW YORK - Toronto-native John Roberts is taking over as chief White House correspondent for Fox News Channel, the network announced Monday. He will begin his new duties on Inauguration Day. Roberts, ...

NEW ORLEANS - Retired “Late Show” host David Letterman went to New Orleans to help build a house for someone needing a boost. Volunteer Kate O’Leary sent WWL-TV (http://bit.ly/2gwY2b...

PITTSBURGH - A man accused of not calling 911 when the mother of his toddler son sent him videos of the boy’s lifeless body during hours’ worth of angry text messages is headed to trial on...