Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
Author Archives: The Canadian Press
‘Had such a kind heart:’ Year-round spirit of Santa stand-in inspires toy drive
WINNIPEG - Brian Sanderson's white beard and jolly demeanor landed him in Santa's bright-red suit in Winnipeg malls, seniors centres, toy catalogues and as the mythical Christmas figure in more than h...
Dec 18, 2018
Groups preparing new pipeline legal challenge, argue government’s mind made up
OTTAWA - A Vancouver-based environment charity is readying itself to go back to court if - or they believe when - the federal government re-approves the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion next year. Th...
Dec 18, 2018
Revived Cuban Lunch bars meet with huge demand, wrapper supply snafus
By Lauren Krugel in Calgary CAMROSE, Alta. - A peanut-and-chocolate candy popular decades ago has been flying off shelves since an Alberta couple revived it earlier this year. The Cuban Lunch bar disa...
Dec 16, 2018
Canadian firm says it has found largest diamond ever unearthed in North America
YELLOWKNIFE - A Canadian mining firm says it has unearthed the largest diamond ever found in North America. Dominion Diamond Mines says the 552-carat yellow diamond was found at its Diavik mine in the...
Dec 16, 2018
‘It’s what we do’: Famous Newfoundlanders help replace veteran’s stolen guitar
STEPHENVILLE, N.L. - Two famous Newfoundlanders have stepped in to help an elderly veteran whose guitar went missing earlier this month. Eighty-two-year-old Edward Sheppard was devastated after his gu...
Dec 15, 2018
Mandatory payments for minor offences unconstitutional, top court rules
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a law that forced people convicted of crimes to pay surcharges that help victims, saying the mandatory fee amounts to cruel and unusual punishment....
Dec 14, 2018
Omar Khadr 'a model of compliance,' wants changes to bail conditions; lawyer
EDMONTON - A lawyer for Omar Khadr says the former Guantanamo Bay detainee is a ``model of compliance'' and should have his bail conditions loosened. The 32-year-old Khadr is seeking a Canadian passpo...
Dec 13, 2018
MPs bid farewell to their Parliamentary home for at least 10 years
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - As he does almost every day before attending question period, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bounded down the stairs between his third-floor office in Parliam...
Dec 12, 2018
Feds set new limits on pilot flight times to curb crew fatigue
OTTAWA - The federal government is enacting strict new measures to address mounting concerns about tired flight crews on commercial planes. New regulations will set lower limits for the number of hour...
Dec 12, 2018
Minister appoints former CIRB chair to resolve Canada Post labour dispute
OTTAWA - A former industrial-relations heavyweight has been appointed to bring a conclusion to the Canada Post labour dispute, two weeks after the federal government legislated an end to rotating stri...
Dec 11, 2018
NOW TRENDING
OPINION
Sarah Mills: There are echoes of Brexit in the Albert separation issue
A referendum over whether Alberta should separate from Canada is looming closer, and Sarah Mills says there are similari...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, May 26
Evan discusses the consequences of Alberta's separatism talk, unearths a Saskatchewan gem to visit this summer and meets...
