Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the approval this week of two major oil pipeline expansions, insisting all the while that the new fossil fuel infrastructure fits within his Liberal go...

COLD LAKE, Alta. - Relatives of an Air Force pilot killed when a CF-18 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise near the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary says he died doing what he loved. A stateme...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett says she was personally embarrassed by the handling of a piece of legislation designed to change sex-based rules in the Indian Act. While speaking ...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Nov. 30 --- NOTLEY TO HEAD TO B.C. TO SELL PIPELINE MERITS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley will head to B.C. next week to promote Kinder Morgan’s Tran...

TORONTO - The Canadian Soccer Association and MLS have made changes that they hope will pave the path for Canada to one day play in the men’s World Cup. “I said in ’06 (when Toronto ...

MANCHESTER, England - Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s vision and Anthony Martial’s cool finishing helped Manchester United into the English League Cup semifinals as two of the team’s out-of-fav...

TORONTO - Former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre and other star fighters have launched the Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association to protect UFC fighters and help get them their fair share of the spor...

NEW YORK - Thousands are set to gather under a light rain in midtown Manhattan to watch the annual lighting of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will flip th...

Nikki Izzo-Brown is the only women’s soccer coach West Virginia has ever hired. After 21 seasons, she’s guiding the Mountaineers to the women’s College Cup for the first time. Led by...

HALIFAX - A look at the history of Africville in Halifax: 1848: The first black settlers buy land in Africville, establishing the community as a home for African-Nova Scotians. 1849: Residents build A...