Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Jonathan Wilkinson has been the minister of environment and climate change for less than 24 hours but the job is likely going to get harder from here. "Environment is probably the most challe...

TORONTO - Lawyers for a group of Canadians affected by cancer they blame on exposure to a weed killer have filed three proposed class-action lawsuits against the product's manufacturer, alleging Bayer...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau carved out a new role in his government Wednesday designed to ensure voices on the Prairies are heard in Ottawa. Former cabinet minister Jim Carr, who represents...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau unveiled a larger cabinet on Wednesday that aims to advance Liberal campaign promises to tackle climate change and promote middle-class prosperity, while attempting to soothe r...

TORONTO - Brendan Shanahan had seen enough. And since he helped bring Mike Babcock to Toronto in the spring of 2015, the president of the Maple Leafs felt it was only right he be there when the axe fe...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Mike Babcock and replaced him with Sheldon Keefe. The Saskatoon-raised coach had a record of 9-10-4 in 2019-20 for the struggling Leafs, who are...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new cabinet could find itself moving faster than anticipated to deal with anger in the West over challenging economic conditions, in the face of a rail strike ...

Some Canadian universities are urging their exchange students in Hong Kong to consider returning home as the semi-autonomous Chinese territory is beset by escalating violence between government offici...

TORONTO - Hayley Wickenheiser hasn't had a lot of time to reflect. The Canadian women's hockey star - a quadruple Olympic gold medallist and seven-time world champion - retired in January 2017 and qui...

VANCOUVER - The Trans Mountain pipeline received $320 million in subsidies from the Canadian and Alberta governments in the first half of 2019, says a new report by an economic institute that analyzes...