Category Archives: Canadian Press

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - An Alberta government review into the response to the Fort McMurray wildfire is expected to be complete by next summer. May’s fierce and unpredictable fire forced nearly 9...

Winnipeg police warn the use of carfentanil - a synthetic opioid similar to fentanyl but 100 times more powerful - is spreading across Canada. Deputy police chief Danny Smyth detailed the recent seizu...

HALIFAX - An ailing woman who is facing deportation to England has been freed from shackles that kept her restrained in her hospital bed following the intervention of two Nova Scotia cabinet ministers...

BOGOTA - Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos says Pope Francis will pay a visit to his country in the first quarter of next year. The pope promised in February to visit Colombia if the count...

OTTAWA - Federal officials are set to tighten labour rules to make it tougher for large, federally regulated companies to conduct mass layoffs without warning. The requirements for businesses dealing ...

TORONTO - When their story about a condo developer who forgot to put bathrooms in a Toronto-area highrise went viral last week, writers at the CBC’s satirical show “This Is That” wer...

OTTAWA - Canada’s spy agency sifted through large troves of data for information of value until a federal watchdog raised questions about a lack of guidelines for such searches, a new report rev...

MONTREAL - A pair of big punchers are to meet Dec. 23 at the Lac Leamy Casino in Gatineau, Que., when Montreal-based Artur Beterbiev faces Isidro Prieto of Paraguay, promoter Groupe Yvon Michel announ...

OTTAWA - The Senate committee that polices spending in the upper chamber will soon decide whether it is worth the cost to sue seven former senators The Senate has threatened to take the seven to court...

OTTAWA - The federal government is taking a fresh look at how to protect cyclists on Canada’s roadways after recent high-profile cases where cyclists were killed on city streets. Federal, provin...