Category Archives: Canadian Press

EDMONTON - Lawyers are returning to an Edmonton courtroom today to argue about whether there should be a mistrial because a judge used an outdated section of the Criminal Code in his murder verdict. T...

TORONTO - Star back DTH van der Merwe returns to the Canadian rugby fold for November tour matches against Ireland, Romania and Samoa. Van der Merwe, Canada’s 15s player of the year in 2015, mis...

NEW YORK - Justin Timberlake has some advice for taking part in the presidential election next month: Vote, but don’t take a selfie while you’re doing it. A ballot box selfie Timberlake to...

NAIROBI, Kenya - A man was shot dead after stabbing a policeman guarding the perimeter wall of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi and trying to take his gun, a Kenyan police official said Thursday. The polic...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s finance minister says the projected provincial deficit for this year has fallen slightly, thanks to higher than forecast oil prices. The defi...

WASHINGTON - It can be a frightening call to get - and it’s a familiar one for many Americans. Callers posing as tax and immigration agents are threatening arrest, deportation or other punishmen...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals attempted Thursday to fend off criticism of their response to a landmark human rights tribunal decision by announcing talks about First Nations child welfare. A new speci...

TORONTO - The future of the often heart-rending stories told by survivors of Canada’s residential schools will be decided by the country’s top court. The Supreme Court of Canada said Thurs...

HALIFAX - Almost every day, exactly at noon, Alec Stratford is jolted by a thunderous boom that reverberates through his office, the intense blast so loud it rattles the plate-glass windows. Stratford...

PHILADELPHIA - Amtrak will pay $265 million to settle claims related to a crash last year that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others when a speeding train derailed on a curve at night. ...