Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pointed to his own experience in two Quebec referendums to explain why Canada won’t weigh in on the push for independence by Iraq’s Kurdish popul...

TORONTO - Kids and teens should not drink sports or energy drinks, the Canadian Paediatric Society says in a new position released Tuesday that takes a stand against the sugary beverages. Dr. Catherin...

OTTAWA - Victims of childhood sexual abuse often suffer great distress over the fact video or pictures of the crimes are circulating in cyberspace - adding to the pain they are already experiencing, s...

REGINA - Biologists have made a discovery on a swath of native grassland in southwest Saskatchewan that they are calling exciting, but are also hesitant to talk about. Mike Burak, with the Nature Cons...

MONTREAL - The federal government kicked off nearly two months of public consultations Monday on revising efforts to address corporate wrongdoing, including the possible introduction of a deferred pro...

OTTAWA - New federal directives limit - but don’t totally forbid - Canada’s national police, spy and border agencies from using information that was likely extracted through overseas tortu...

MONTREAL - European railway manufacturers Siemens Mobility and Alstom announced a merger Tuesday that leaves Montreal-based Bombardier Transportation facing a new “European champion” and a...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Liberal government, which had promised to address the health care problems that dominated the spring election campaign, drew derisive opposition reviews by adding only $6...

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Sept. 25 --- PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE APPEAR TOGETHER: Prince Harry and his girlfriend Meghan Markle chose to make their debut as a couple in Toronto, maki...

PORTLAND, Maine - Researchers with the U.S. government and the New England Aquarium have developed a new model they said will provide better estimates about the North Atlantic right whale population, ...