Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONTREAL - After outcry from the Italian community, Montreal’s mayor has announced the city won’t rename Guido Nincheri Park. Denis Coderre said Monday the east-end Montreal park will keep...

VICTORIA - The prospect of a reignited trade dispute with the United States over Canadian softwood lumber exports has British Columbia looking for new customers in China and India. Mike de Jong, B.C.&...

NEW YORK - Misdemeanor drug and menacing charges against rapper Desiigner have effectively been dropped less than three months after his arrest in New York. The rapper, whose real name is Sidney Selby...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Nov. 29 --- FEDS APPROVE TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is approving Kinder Morgan’s proposal to triple the capacity of its Tra...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The truck driver who slammed into the back of a van carrying actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and several other people, killing one of them, pleaded guilty Tuesday and could avoid jai...

Chelsea Carey and her Calgary-based team had several hurdles to clear last season en route to a national curling title. It took some time for Carey and her new teammates to adjust to the lineup change...

QUEBEC - Canada must create a loan guarantee program in order to ensure the country’s lumber producers continue to have access to the U.S. market, Quebec’s economy minister said Tuesday. D...

OTTAWA - A bid by the Senate finance committee to amend the Trudeau government’s signature income tax bill has been ruled out of order. Speaker George Furey has ruled that unelected senators don...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s auditor general conjured up the gory scene of hanging meat carcasses dripping blood next to ready-to-eat bologna and pepperoni, as she called for stronger measures ...

REGINA - Premier Brad Wall says he would like to make everyone in Saskatchewan an automatic organ donor unless they opt out. Wall said he wants to bring in a system of presumed consent for organ donat...