Category Archives: Canadian Press

WINNIPEG - A former educational assistant who gave a student money, food and drugs as their relationship intensified has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years behind bars for sexual exploitation. Sheryl Dyck,...

WASHINGTON - AP Sources: Homeland Security secretary drafting order to end family separation at border; unclear if Trump will sign it. More coming. The Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - In public, West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry gave speeches about honesty and integrity in government. In private, federal prosecutors say, he was raking in money by...

Toronto FC has rewarded goalkeeper Alex Bono with a new contract. The 24-year-old from Baldwinsville, N.Y., established himself as the club’s first-choice ‘keeper in 2017 and helped the te...

HALIFAX - A Halifax-based military policeman told investigators that he had consensual sex with a female officer while on a naval exercise overseas and was “shocked” when he found out he w...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer welcomed the newest member of his caucus on Wednesday, saying Richard Martel’s byelection victory on Monday is a harbinger of things to come. Martel, w...

TORONTO - Ontario Power Generation plans to modify its Darlington nuclear plant to help produce radioactive isotopes used to diagnose such conditions as cancer and heart disease, the Crown corporation...

OTTAWA - An undistinguished shipping container in the Port of Vancouver turned into one of the largest busts of illegal wildlife products in Canadian history. The container held 18 tonnes of eel meat,...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added his voice Wednesday to the global chorus condemning the Trump administration’s practice of separating migrant children from their parents at the bord...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The Canadian harness racing community has lost one of its top drivers. Mike MacDonald, a native of Charlottetown, died on Tuesday night. He was 70. MacDonald won the Gold Cup & Sau...