Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - Three days after Brandon Jansen entered his 11th treatment centre for an addiction to the opioid fentanyl, he died partly because an antidote and therapeutic drug that could have stopped h...

TORONTO - David Suzuki, one of the leading voices on environmental issues over the past half century, says he has embarked on the “last great fight” of his life. The ultimate goal of the 8...

Award-winning stage and screen actress Janet Wright, the frank-talking and resilient comedy star best known for her portrayal of the long-suffering matriarch on “Corner Gas,” died Monday i...

The United Nations Children’s Fund has teamed up with over 200 prominent writers from around the globe to commemorate Universal Children’s Day. U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said Monday that n...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A Georgia man whose toddler son died after being left for hours in a hot car was convicted of murder Monday by a jury that concluded a month’s worth of trial testimony and evide...

OTTAWA - There are positives in the Ottawa Senators’ game right now, but offence isn’t one of them. Ottawa has gone nine straight games scoring two goals or less, going 1-for-26 on the pow...

OTTAWA - Canada is pressing ahead with plans to deploy hundreds of troops as part of a NATO effort to deter Russian aggression in eastern Europe amid concerns about the military alliance’s futur...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau’s arrival Tuesday in Cuba - the first official visit by a Canadian prime minister in almost two decades - is the first step in the Liberal government’s week-long bi...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are banking on landing cash from domestic and foreign investors to finance their vaunted infrastructure plan. Monday was the government’s big chance to woo private ...

WASHINGTON - The latest on President Barack Obama’s news conference ahead of his last overseas trip as president (all times EST): 5:30 p.m. President Barack Obama says that he’s been unabl...