Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - Canada took the first two games of the Davis Cup playoff tie on Friday after a pair of hard-fought matches against a less experienced Chilean team. Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil, ranked N...

VANCOUVER - Supergirl may be able to use her superpowers to solve problems on TV, but it was the show’s crew and Vancouver firefighters who jumped into action when fire sprinklers went off at th...

OTTAWA - Federal politicians were scarce on Parliament Hill this week, taking advantage of the last few days before Parliament returns to kick up their heels and work the barbecue circuit one last tim...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Sept. 16 ____ TRUDEAU ISSUES CALL TO ACTION ON FIGHTING DISEASE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on the world to help to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and...

CALGARY - A regulator’s proposal to give more time to an energy company that wants to drill in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is provoking anger from opponents who say it’s high time the federal...

WASHINGTON - Black voters reacted skeptically Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s admission that he now believes the nation’s first black president was indeed born in ...

SOMERVILLE, N.J. - A judge has admitted he erred when sentencing a former “Melrose Place” actress for a deadly 2010 drunken-driving crash. NJ.com reports (http://bit.ly/2d0QKfo ) the judge...

NEW YORK - Some “Tonight Show” viewers weren’t laughing after GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump paid Jimmy Fallon a visit Thursday, and encountered nothing hairier from the NBC h...

OTTAWA - Here is the text of a message which Wayne Smith, former chief statistician of Canada, sent to members of the National Statistical Council on Friday: I am writing to inform you of my decision ...

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jane Philpott plans to repay an additional $381 to taxpayers following the completion of an office spending review sparked by a car controversy. The latest repayment includes ...