Author Archives: The Canadian Press

VICTORIA - The economic cost of substance use in Canada in 2014 was $38.4 billion, or about $1,100 for every Canadian, and came with a staggering toll of 67,515 deaths, says a report released Tuesday....

CALGARY - A player with the Western Hockey League's Lethbridge Hurricanes who was burned by a campfire earlier this month has emerged from a medically induced coma. Ryan Vandervlis, a 20-year old cent...

By Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press TORONTO - For the last five years, Catherine Kelly and her partner have been providing live-in care for her mother, who developed vascular dementia after suffer...

By Amy Smart Notorious serial killer and pig farmer Robert Pickton has been transferred to a maximum-security prison in Quebec, the family of the one of his victims said Sunday. Joyce Lachance, whose ...

GAO, Mali - Canada entered a new era of peacekeeping on Sunday as the first dozen members of Canada's mission in Mali landed at a UN base near the desolate city of Gao. The troops were accompanied by ...

By Jordan Press, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The federal tax collector is less and less seeing dead people where there aren't any. Figures recently tabled in Parliament show that 319 people were erron...

Facebook says it has launched its messenger app for kids in Canada. Messenger Kids is an app that allows kids to video call and message friends and family using a smartphone or tablet. Parents can con...

By Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to attend the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels, U.S. President Donald Trump is calling on Canada to meet the all...

By Bill Graveland OKOTOKS, Alta. - A courtroom erupted in cheers and applause Friday as all charges were dropped against a man accused of firing shots at suspected thieves on his rural property in sou...

By Teresa Wright OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was forced to pay a $100 fine for violating conflict of interest rules by not disclosing a gift given to him last year by P.E.I. Premier Wade Ma...