Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The New Democrats say they plan to turn up the political pressure on the Liberal government to take action on First Nations child welfare. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that th...

Los Angeles police are investigating a pre-dawn attack that destroyed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame less than two weeks before the election....

OAK BAY, B.C. - A bowl of nuts helped officers in Oak Bay, B.C., tail a suspected burglar. But as Const. Sheri Lucas investigated what appeared to be a break-in at a home in the Victoria suburb, she q...

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon worked Wednesday to stave off a public relations nightmare, suspending efforts to force California National Guard troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan to repay their enl...

ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The day Brian Mulroney showed up for classes at St. Francis Xavier University in 1955, he was carrying a cardboard suitcase and wearing the only blazer he had. Canada’s 18th p...

Alcohol, not hate, fuelled a break-in and extensive vandalism at a Muslim centre in a remote part of Quebec, say provincial police. “It’s the first business he (the accused) saw after he l...

MARBLEHEAD, Ohio - This was no ordinary bump from a flight. A longtime Cleveland Indians fan is being given quite a reward after giving up his seat on a plane to make sure former outfielder Kenny Loft...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Two suspects in a string of nationwide jewelry heists appeared briefly Wednesday in a New Brunswick provincial court facing diamond-theft charges. Seventy-year-old Grigori Zaharov a...

OTTAWA - A spokesman for the minister of international trade says a Canadian delegation would not be heading off to Europe on Wednesday to sign what would be a landmark trade deal with the European Un...

HALIFAX - Officials running the Atlantic Lottery Corp. spent thousands of dollars on lavish dinners and Christmas parties, boosted executive salaries and handed out generous perks to politicians, acco...