Author Archives: The Canadian Press

HALIFAX - A call by police chiefs for Ottawa to closely vet people who import pill presses that may be used to encapsulate opioids will be carefully considered by federal officials, the minister of or...

TORONTO - The case of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard, who faces three sex-related charges, has been put over to September. Hoggard, 34, was arrested last month and charged with one count of sexual inte...

CALGARY - A German tourist who can't talk or move his right side after he was shot in the head while driving in southern Alberta earlier this month is heading home. The German consulate says the 60-ye...

TORONTO - Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto have ranked among the top ten most liveable cities in the world in the latest ranking by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Vienna took the top spot in the annu...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The federal government is offering support with air power and Canadian Armed Forces troops in British Columbia as nearly 600 wildfires burn across the province, displacing thousands o...

SASKATOON - A court hearing related to money raised following the Humboldt Broncos bus crash will be the first real test of Saskatchewan's efforts to regulate crowdfunding campaigns, says a lawyer for...

FREDERICTON - The Fredericton apartment complex that was the scene of Friday's shooting that killed four people has been released back to the owner. Fredericton police say in a tweet that affected ten...

LONDON - A car plowed into pedestrians and cyclists near the Houses of Parliament in London during the morning rush hour Tuesday, injuring three people in what police suspect is the latest in a string...

By Morgan Lowrie FREDERICTON - Police say a Fredericton man charged with killing four people Friday had a firearms licence, and the long gun allegedly used in the deadly shooting can be legally obtain...

OTTAWA - Last Wednesday, a team of people from the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper environmental group descended on the Toronto harbourfront looking for any signs the previous night's massive, flash-flood ra...