Category Archives: Canadian Press

EDMONTON - A judge has found Travis Vader guilty of second-degree murder in the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann, an Alberta couple in their late 70s who vanished shortly after they left on a camping t...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump says he believes women should be able to obtain birth control without a prescription. Speaking on an episode of “The Dr. Oz Show” airing Thursday, the Republican ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Steve King says Colin Kaepernick’s protest of the national anthem is “activism that is sympathetic to ISIS.” The 49ers quarterback has sat or has taken a knee ...

HALIFAX - Frank Dancevic and Vasek Pospisil will play Canada’s opening singles matches when it faces Chile in Davis Cup action this weekend. The draw for the world group playoff tie was held Thu...

TORONTO - A Winnipeg truck driver is facing charges arising from a fiery 12-vehicle collision on a highway in Toronto that left four people dead. Ontario Provincial Police say three transport trucks w...

MARGATE, P.E.I. - She was 17, single and pregnant, an uneasy combination in 1880s Prince Edward Island. Now, more than a century after Mary Tuplin was murdered, a ceremony has been held to reunite her...

CALGARY - The man charged in the deaths of a Calgary woman and her five-year-old daughter has entered a plea of not guilty in court. Edward Downey, 46, faces two counts of first-degree murder in the s...

HALIFAX - An Environment Canada climatologist is warning that a dry spell in Nova Scotia that has left some people without water is just a “dress rehearsal” for the kind of weather conditi...

OTTAWA - One of the most commonly used pain relievers on the market is also the leading cause of all serious liver injury, Health Canada says, prompting the department to roll out updated labelling st...

CHICAGO - The mother of Sandra Bland, a black woman who died last summer in a Texas jail after a contentious traffic stop, has reached a $1.9 million settlement in her wrongful-death lawsuit, her atto...