Author Archives: The Canadian Press

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Months after sexual misconduct allegations forced him to step down as leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives, Patrick Brown made a political comeback on Monday - this time as a...

OTTAWA - The federal government is writing off more than $6.3 billion in loans to businesses and students - money it never expects to get back. The figure, contained within annual public accounts docu...

TORONTO - Alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur was ordered Monday to stand trial on eight counts of first-degree murder after he waived his right to a preliminary hearing in a rare legal move. The 67-...

OTTAWA - Small businesses called for a speedy end to Monday's rotating walkouts in four cities by Canada Post, concerned that a prolonged strike could bite into their profits ahead of the busy holiday...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer marked the start of the one-year countdown to the 2019 election with a campaign-style speech that took direct aim at the Liberal government's record - on eve...

By Kelly Geraldine Malone in Winnipeg REGINA - A school day for six-year-old Hunter Sasakamoose can start with lighting a fire for breakfast and end with doing math by candlelight. In between, the boy...

VANCOUVER - The Public Health Agency of Canada says an investigation is underway into an outbreak of salmonella infections involving five provinces, mostly in western Canada. The agency says on its we...

Police say they have busted a marijuana trafficking operation in the Prince Albert area and Saskatoon. RCMP say 21 kilograms of illegal pot and 4,244 packages of cannabis resin known as shatter were f...

TORONTO - Demand for newly legal pot appears to be outstripping supply as retailers run low on some products or are cleaned out completely amid a shortfall that could last for months. Manitoba Liquor ...

EDMONTON - She's being called one smart cookie. As people lined up to buy cannabis at one of six Edmonton cannabis stores that opened Wednesday, a small entrepreneur stood ready to capitalize on what ...