Author Archives: The Canadian Press

TORONTO - One of the top players in women's hockey history is joining the Toronto Maple Leafs' front office. Longtime Canadian national team star Hayley Wickenheiser is the NHL club's new assistant di...

By Joan Bryden NANAIMO, B.C. - Justin Trudeau's twin objectives to reduce Canada's carbon emissions and build a pipeline to carry oilsands bitumen to the coast collided Wednesday in a province ravaged...

TORONTO - A consortium led by Air Canada has reached a deal to acquire the Aeroplan loyalty program from Aimia Inc. The group, which includes TD Bank, CIBC and Visa Canada Corp., has agreed to pay $45...

By Janice Dickson and Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Six months after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's foreign policy prowess was pummelled by a disorganized state visit to India, his chief op...

TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare and endangered pygmy hippopotamus. Kindia, a 12-year-old female, gave birth to a female calf late Friday night. The zoo says the species is...

VANCOUVER - Thick smoke blanketing British Columbia communities far from any flames - including Vancouver where the haze Monday obscured the city's mountain views - could be particularly harmful for c...

OTTAWA - A new plan to help low-income Canadians will set a lofty goal of lifting more than two million people past the poverty line over the next 12 years, says a source familiar with the federal gov...

Wildfire crews report some headway was made over the weekend battling hundreds of blazes across British Columbia, but thick smoke continues to blanket the province, creating challenges for communities...

TORONTO - Health Canada says a recall on certain medication used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure is being expanded because the drugs may contain a substance that can increase the risk o...

MONTREAL - Justin Trudeau will run again in the 2019 federal election. The Liberal leader formally announced his nomination at a party event Sunday in his Montreal riding of Papineau. The partisan cro...