Category Archives: Canadian Press

TORONTO - Businesses that illegally sell recreational marijuana after the government of Ontario sets up its own shops could be fined up to $1 million under legislation tabled Wednesday. One of the mai...

TORONTO - The family of a Toronto man who was declared brain dead after suffering an asthma attack has obtained a temporary injunction to keep him on life support while it fights to have his death cer...

Mubin Shaikh told the UN Security Council Tuesday that he’s haunted by a video image: A 3-year-old boy uses a large knife given to him by his parents to cut off his teddy bear’s head. Shai...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Court records say a British Columbia man has been handed a two-month conditional sentence plus one year probation for assault in connection with a video of a racist rant that went v...

OTTAWA - A report from Canada's correctional ombudsman says a deadly riot at Saskatchewan Penitentiary last year was likely sparked by disputes over food and small prison cells. Ivan Zinger released h...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s “deeply grieved” by Tuesday’s terrorist attack in New York City. A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cycl...

NEW YORK - Cut loose! New York City lawmakers voted Tuesday to legalize dancing in bars, repealing a 91-year-old law that banned boogieing at most city nightspots. The anti-dancing law was first enact...

MONTREAL - The long list of quarterbacks who have taken snaps for the Montreal Alouettes in the past four years is about the stretch a little farther. Rookie Matt Shiltz is to get his first Canadian F...

The 100-days-out mark for the Pyeongchang Games arrives Wednesday. Pending official qualification and assuming that any injuries are kept to a minimum, here’s a list of five Canadian athletes to...

OTTAWA - A Canadian imprisoned in China for more than a decade had his life sentenced reduced because he took part in a re-education program, a top Chinese Communist party official said Tuesday. Husey...