Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she was recently walking outside a movie theatre with her children when a car slowly pulled to a stop beside them. The driver rolled down his windo...

By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The Saskatchewan city of Humboldt is looking to revamp its image as a way of helping people move past the Broncos bus crash. Spokeswoman Penny...

OTTAWA - Health Canada is hoping to use private-sector dollars to fight opioid addiction because "conventional efforts are not enough" to address the national health crisis, newly released documents r...

OTTAWA - Canada has requested a formal meeting with China at the World Trade Organization to resolve a Chinese ban on Canadian canola shipments. International Trade Minister Jim Carr announced Friday ...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has awarded more than $2 billion in compensation to First Nations children and their families who were separated by a chronically underfunded welfare system...

The assault charges against Saskatchewan Party MLA Nadine Wilson will be heading to mediation, not criminal court. Wilson's lawyer, Mark Brayford, said the request was made Thursday by the prosecutor....

OTTAWA - The federal government's effort to rein in the cost of reimbursing veterans for their medical marijuana appears to have failed as new figures show Ottawa shelled out a record $75 million in t...

Hours before Hurricane Dorian pounded the Bahamas obliterating entire neighbourhoods, Alishia Sabrina Liolli asked her friends and loved ones on social media to pray for her family and the small islan...

OTTAWA - People who vape should get medical attention right away if they're worried their electronic cigarettes are harming them, Health Canada said Thursday. The federal department said there is no s...

HALIFAX - Nearly seven months after a devastating house fire claimed the lives of seven children, investigators in Halifax say they have been unable to determine the cause of the blaze. "Our firefight...