Category Archives: Canadian Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A Marine recruit committed suicide in March amid a widespread culture of hazing and abuse in his battalion at Parris Island that could lead to punishments for as many as 20 officers a...

MONTREAL - A Quebec man is facing deportation to his native Italy nearly two decades after a Mafia-linked drug conviction that is being cited as the reason for his possible expulsion. Michele Torre, 6...

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man accused of sending letter bombs in the mail, including one that cost a lawyer her hand, is still trying to get a new defence lawyer. Guido Amsel, who faces five counts of att...

LOS ANGELES - A decade ago, California vowed to dramatically slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. With the nation’s most populous state on pace to meet that target, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursd...

LOS ANGELES - Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuarn is coming back to earth, and his home country, for his next film. The “Gravity” director’s new project will take on a year in the life of a m...

TORONTO - The Blue Jays are hoping a return to Rogers Centre will help them bounce back after a three-game sweep in New York knocked Toronto out of first place in the American League East. The divisio...

TORONTO - A new study suggests that one in five Canadian teens has seriously considered attempting suicide in the previous year. The survey by Kids Help Phone found that 22 per cent of more than 1,300...

TERRACE BAY, Ont. - Police say they recently had to put down a bear who wandered into a northern Ontario restaurant with her cubs. Ontario Provincial Police say they were called to the restaurant in T...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s promised changes to a controversial anti-terrorism law likely won’t come until next year, once officials have digested an array of public suggestions on r...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia will soon require all schools to include specific protections for gay, lesbian and transgender students in their anti-bullying policies, the province announced Thursday in...