Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The federal party leaders have spent the first days of the election campaign talking policy, as they'd like, and dismissing and defending candidates over old social-media posts, which they'd ...

OTTAWA - Social media might not be to blame for Canadians' ideological polarization, a new report on digital democracy in Canada finds. The latest findings are from an ongoing effort led by the Public...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau is afraid to run on his record, his rivals charged Thursday - but with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer again fielding questions about abortion and the NDP's Jagmeet Singh dee...

VICTORIA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's election plane sustained some damage in Victoria after a media bus drove under one of its wings Wednesday night. The plane had just landed in the British Col...

VANCOUVER - Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a "miniature Stanley Park." Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver's m...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has asked the province's Appeal Court to rule on whether Ottawa's new way of handling environmental assessments for major construction projects such as pipelines is c...

OTTAWA - An election campaign sure to feature plenty of pocketbook promises got underway instead amid deeper questions of ethics and values Wednesday as federal leaders challenged Canadians to conside...

OTTAWA - A leading U.S. farmers' organization says it wants the new North American trade agreement renegotiated to fix a major flaw - one that has nothing do with Canada's much-attacked supply-managem...

VANCOUVER - Rising youth suicide rates have prompted doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to launch a clinical trial aimed at testing whether involving families in treatment could prev...

TORONTO - Thousands of children are reported missing across the country each year but only a handful of Amber Alerts are issued, potentially leaving large numbers of people who might be able to help f...