Category Archives: Canadian Press

CALGARY - Health Canada has approved a safe injection site for opioid drugs in Calgary. Alberta Health says a temporary site will open soon in the parking area of the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre w...

HALIFAX - A new federal study says climate change in the Maritimes may lead to a gradual reduction in the growth of softwood trees, which are crucial to the region’s pulp industry. Using compute...

WINNIPEG - A forensics officer assigned with collecting debris following the explosion of a letter bomb in a Winnipeg law office says it took him an hour just to collect all the pieces. Patrol Sgt. Ke...

OTTAWA - Canada’s spy agency is asking the Federal Court to dismiss a lawsuit from five Toronto employees, saying it never engaged in or tolerated religious bigotry, used derogatory nicknames or...

NEW YORK - The booking of Justin Timberlake for the Super Bowl halftime show has triggered a backlash from women, minorities and others who say Janet Jackson was unfairly forced to pay a far higher pr...

LONDON - A British newspaper says entertainment mogul Simon Cowell has been hospitalized after a fall at his London home. The Sun says Cowell was taken from his house on a stretcher and wearing a neck...

MONTREAL - Spare a thought for Montreal’s much-maligned sports fans and the industries that count on them to help their bottom lines. All three major sports teams in the city are struggling - on...

HALIFAX - When Lisa Nasson was a young girl growing up on a reserve in Nova Scotia, she learned about the disastrous Halifax Explosion at school - but its decimating impact on the local Indigenous com...

The family of a Canadian teacher convicted in Indonesia on child abuse charges says it met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week to discuss next steps in the case. Neil Bantleman has maintained...

OTTAWA - A former sex worker who spent time in jail is urging the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to interview other Aboriginal women who are languishing behind b...