Category Archives: Canadian Press

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government has withdrawn a controversial reference question it submitted to the province’s Court of Appeal regarding school bus services and minority language rig...

OTTAWA - Federal spending on First Nations health facilities is “a drop in the bucket” compared to what’s actually needed, Health Minister Jane Philpott conceded Wednesday to a commi...

MONTREAL - Nervousness in Silicon Valley about Donald Trump’s election could give Canada’s technology sector a competitive edge if new labour restrictions ratchet up the war for high-skill...

RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian judge has released former IOC member Patrick Hickey on bail of 1.5 million reals ($500,000) so he can seek medical treatment outside Brazil. The judicial order was publish...

QUEBEC - The Quebec government officially launched a public inquiry on Wednesday into police surveillance of journalists. Jacques Chamberland, a judge with the province’s court of appeal, will c...

TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos has a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee and will be sidelined indefinitely. General manager Steve Yzerman announced the diagnosis Wednesd...

OTTAWA - As the federal government whittles away a backlog of payroll problems caused by its new pay system, officials say new payroll entries are taking an “unacceptable” amount of time t...

OTTAWA - New Democrats have dropped their opposition to holding a national referendum on electoral reform in a bid to pressure the governing Liberals into agreeing to a proportional voting system. The...

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Nov. 16. -- CANADA, MEXICO DISCUSSED NAFTA AFTER U.S. ELECTION: Canada and Mexico reached out to each other while preparing similar public messages last we...

MADISON, Wis. - Melvin Laird, a former Wisconsin congressman and U.S. defence secretary during years when President Nixon struggled to find a way to withdraw troops from an unpopular war in Vietnam, d...