Category Archives: Canadian Press

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government is setting 19 as the minimum legal age for cannabis use. Health Minister Benoit Bourque said Wednesday it’s the right age to make an informed decision,...

HALIFAX - One of Nova Scotia’s biggest employers, tire-maker Michelin North America, is under threat if Donald Trump’s proposed changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement are adopt...

HALIFAX - The man who rebuilt the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives from a bruised and battered third-place party into a strong official opposition is stepping down. Jamie Baillie, who became part...

TORONTO - An activist investor wants Hudson’s Bay Co. to “seriously consider” a bid it values at $4.49 billion for the Canadian retailer’s German department store chain and oth...

TORONTO - The governor of Florida offered no glimmer of hope on Wednesday to family and supporters of a Canadian man who wants to be transferred to Canada after 31 years in prison in the Sunshine Stat...

TORONTO - It’s been a record-breaking season for Alex Singleton. The six-foot-two, 235-pound linebacker has helped anchor a Calgary Stampeders defence that’s tops in the CFL in fewest offe...

VANCOUVER - A former official with an international humanitarian group is the new chief executive officer of the David Suzuki Foundation. Stephen Cornish says he is honoured to play a part in what he ...

GLOUCESTER, Mass. - Spotting a 400-pound tuna in the Massachusetts seaport of Gloucester, known as America’s oldest seaport, is not unusual. But finding a headless tuna in the woods is a bit odd...

NEW YORK - It’ll be a (mostly) white Christmas cup for Starbucks this year. The coffee chain’s latest holiday design lets customers colour it in themselves. The company says the cups - whi...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Authorities say a Florida teenager who wielded a plastic knife and wore a mask from the movie “Scream” has been arrested after scaring two women. The Orlando Sentinel repor...