Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - A newly released federal report estimates the problem-plagued Phoenix payroll system has already cost government coffers more than $1 billion and could require an additional $500 million a ye...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will visit Hamilton on Friday to reveal the details of the federal government's plan to support Canada's tariff-targeted steel and aluminum industri...

INUVIK, N.W.T. - Officials from the Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Football League club are on a tour of northern communities to discuss the team's name. Marketing vice-president Allan Watt says the idea i...

KAZAN, Russia - Germany is out of the World Cup, the fourth defending champion in the last five tournaments to be eliminated in the group stage. The four-time champions lost to South Korea 2-0 Wednesd...

TORONTO - Facebook Canada will launch a third-party, fact-checking program to root out fake news and provide users with more context on articles they read on the platform. The program is a collaborati...

TORONTO - Canada's transportation safety watchdog is urging the federal government to modernize training and qualification rules for railway employees to keep up with evolving practices. The Transport...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Canadian crooner Michael Bubl will be getting his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. The singer from Burnaby, British Columbia, is one of the entertainers named by t...

By Peter Goffin HAMILTON - A Hamilton-area homeowner has been acquitted in the shooting death of a man who broke into his truck. Peter Khill, 28, admitted he shot Jon Styres but pleaded not guilty to ...

By Bill Graveland PHILADELPHIA - The steady footsteps heard coming from the physiotherapy room at Philadelphia's Shriners hospital belong to paralyzed Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki...

OTTAWA - An independent review of the Immigration and Refugee Board says there are persistent and systemic problems with the organization that handles asylum claims and appeals, problems it says can't...