Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s office says it hopes a new report he commissioned will help make life-saving drugs more affordable for vulnerable people. Spokesman Matthias Gillmann ...

TRACADIE-SHEILA, N.B. - Parents searching for their missing son watched in shock as he fled the house of an elderly neighbour who had allegedly kidnapped him, New Brunswick police said. Tracadie RCMP ...

OTTAWA - A newly released government report shows a federal program that let low-income seniors earn more before their old-age benefits were clawed back had less of an effect on women and older senior...

TORONTO - Former Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson will get his Canadian citizenship next week in a ceremony being held during World Cup of Hockey festivities. The native Swede, who spent most...

PHOENIX - When Rose Mofford was thrown into the role of Arizona’s governor, she was also plunged into a political hailstorm. With her predecessor impeached, a budget deficit and the state refusi...

EDMONTON - At least one legal scholar says a judicial oversight may invalidate the verdict that found an Alberta man guilty of second-degree murder. Travis Vader was convicted Thursday in the deaths o...

WASHINGTON - The FBI has imposed new restrictions on its agents’ ability to masquerade as reporters following an uproar over the impersonation of an Associated Press journalist, but the agency h...

TORONTO - When Sidney Crosby first stepped onto the international stage, Team Canada fell flat. It was 13 years ago in the summer of 2003 and Crosby had just turned 16. He was by far the youngest play...

MONTREAL - Canadians will eventually tire of the Trudeau government’s lack of substance, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said Thursday as his fellow party members appeared focused on the upcoming leaders...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia father whose assault on his infant son left the boy’s skull “like a crushed egg” has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail. “Your actions were ...