Category Archives: Canadian Press

Denver has approved a first-in-the-nation law allowing people to use marijuana at bars, restaurants and other public spaces such as art galleries or yoga studios. The catch: Patrons could use pot as l...

OTTAWA - An Ottawa rabbi says she was shocked to find a red swastika and anti-Semitic slur spray-painted on her front door in the dead of night. The attack, which took place very late Monday or in the...

TORONTO - Sebastian Giovinco is talking on the training ground and that’s bad news for the Montreal Impact. Normally a quiet type, Toronto FC’s star striker is after every edge possible in...

VANCOUVER - Joseph Boyden and Yann Martel are among the prominent Canadian authors who have signed an open letter demanding an external investigation of how the University of British Columbia handled ...

BRANDON, Man. - A Manitoba teenager who promoted terrorist activity online and urged people to “strike from within” apologized in court Tuesday and said he had not thought about the possib...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick is introducing legislation to end mandatory coroners’ investigations in assisted suicides. Justice Minister Denis Landry says the modernization of the Coroners Act me...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - One of four people charged in connection with the shooting death of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay’s 15-year-old daughter has allowed his case to be moved to a grand jury for review...

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - LeBron James respected Phil Jackson’s unmatched coaching accomplishments. That affection has vanished. “I’ve got nothing for him,” James said Tuesday. Jame...

MARRAKECH, Morocco - The momentum behind the movement for global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions is “irresistible” despite the recent election of Donald Trump, Canada’s enviro...

PARIS - Art experts are disagreeing as to whether a book of previously unpublished drawings reported to be by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh is authentic or fake. The book, “The Lost Arles Sketch...