Category Archives: Canadian Press

The cards began stacking against the Dallas Stars before the 2016-17 season even got underway. Team captain Jamie Benn got hurt late in the off-season, Tyler Seguin went down a few weeks later, and th...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - From early childhood, Gemma Hickey rebelled against wearing dresses and never felt female. It was a misfit sensation of not belonging that Hickey wants to spare other kids - s...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.4 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuat...

OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.4 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): - N...

OTTAWA - The country’s annual inflation rate continued to accelerate last month with a boost from higher costs for gasoline, hotels and airline tickets. The new inflation reading Friday of 1.4 p...

MONTREAL - An advertisement for the city’s ballet company that includes a woman with blood running down her legs and a nail jutting out of her foot is not acceptable within the public transporta...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is overhauling its abortion policies, making the abortion pill available at no cost and removing the requirement for a physician’s referral to obtain a surgical abortion. T...

OTTAWA - The Canadian automotive industry is anxiously waiting to see if the next round of NAFTA negotiations will provide some clarity on American demands that vehicles must have “substantial&#...

OTTAWA - The Liberals speak constantly of strengthening the Canadian middle class, but any precise definition of that amorphous category of people getting all the attention has always been ambiguous a...

Four stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 22 --- PRINCE HARRY TO SET STAGE FOR INVICTUS GAMES The royal founder of the Invictus Games will be in Toronto today to set the stage for the multi-sport com...