Category Archives: Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions wanted to make something abundantly clear this week: one play didn’t cost them the game. Trailing the host Blue Bombers 37-33 late in the fourth quarter Saturday, a de...

REGINA - Saskatchewan’s child advocate says a 2 1/2-month old boy who died while under the watch of a First Nations care agency needed more protection. Bob Pringle says there were significant co...

OTTAWA - The long-suffering agencies that look after animal welfare in Canada say they are being kept cooped up by a lack of government support - forcing individual donors to take up the slack. A new ...

NORTH BAY, Ont. - A northern Ontario police force is serving notice to people dressing up as creepy clowns. North Bay police say while dressing as a clown isn’t illegal, officers can charge a pe...

OTTAWA - A court challenge over a prime minister’s right to leave Senate seats vacant indefinitely has been dismissed as moot. The challenge by Vancouver lawyer Aniz Alani was launched in late 2...

LONDON - A Bangladeshi author and publisher injured in an attack by suspected militants has won a writing award celebrating free speech. Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury shares the PEN Pinter prize with Canad...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Five Russian race walkers have been suspended for four years after testing positive for EPO. The sanctions were announced Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The fi...

As Cape Breton and Newfoundland residents begin the unfamiliar work of struggling to recover from flooding damage brought by torrential Thanksgiving rainfall, the hope is that charities, governments a...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Liberal government tabled its second throne speech Thursday, drawing a scathing review from opposition parties who described it as “thin soup” filled with ...

STOCKHOLM - There’s no question about Bob Dylan’s genius as a songwriter or his profound impact on popular culture in America and beyond. But not everyone thinks he deserves a Nobel Prize ...