Category Archives: Canadian Press

EDMONTON - Green energy groups have joined an environmental think tank in calling on the Alberta government to legislate firm targets for renewable power. The Pembina Institute and a number of green e...

PENNSVILLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Police say a pot advocacy company’s RV carrying marijuana-laced candy burst into flames on a bridge that connects New Jersey and Delaware, causing lane closures and t...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Tom Hayden was long past his heyday of political rebellion and the Chicago 7 trial when he died on Sunday at age 76. But in American culture, he remained an enduring symbol of a...

PHILADELPHIA - An animal rescue group says a barking dog alerted neighbours to a first-floor blaze at a Philadelphia home where the dog and its owner were later found unconscious inside. The Red Paw E...

OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland came out swinging against her domestic political opponents Monday as she ratcheted up pressure on European lawmakers to twist the arm of the lon...

Six stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 24 LIBERALS HOPE TO SNATCH ALBERTA SEAT FROM CONSERVATIVES A federal byelection will be held today in a southern Alberta riding that hasn’t elected a Lib...

VANCOUVER - A former University of British Columbia student who filed a human rights complaint over the school’s handling of sexual assault reports says mediation ended unsuccessfully after 90 m...

OTTAWA - A top economic research organization says Canada’s beverage industry will have to do more than rely on recent trends to reach its target for reducing the calories people consume through...

VALLETTA, Malta - A small plane heading toward Libya’s coast to monitor migrant trafficking routes for the French government crashed soon after takeoff from Malta’s airport Monday, killing...

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - A large turnout for Justin Trudeau during an Alberta byelection campaign wasn’t enough of a push for the Liberals in the federal constituency of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warne...