Author Archives: The Canadian Press

BRANDON, Man. - Wes Stobbe had never read a gossip tabloid beyond glances in the grocery checkout line, and was gobsmacked when his mother-in-law handed him a copy of one with his face on the front pa...

By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted his former chief strategist ahead of the release of a new, unflattering book that paints the president as ...

SHERBROOKE, Que. - Train conductor Thomas Harding played a significant role in the deaths of 47 people in the Lac-Megantic tragedy because he didn't sufficiently apply the brakes after parking the oil...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he has a bigger and more powerful "nuclear button" than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The president's Tuesday evening tweet came in response...

By Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press FREDERICTON - Veterinarians say they're seeing an increasing number of dogs sickened after ingesting marijuana, and are warning pet owners to take care as Canada p...

By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press It's as if Canadian hosers Bob and Doug McKenzie did a mash-up with Weird Al Yankovic. Rob Thiessen, an occupational therapist and part-time musician from Oak Lak...

BEAUMONT, Alta. - An Alberta mother says a taxi driver abandoned her son on a rural road in extreme cold on New Year's Eve and she wants the cabbie to lose his licence. Marci Terpsma says 19-year-old ...

TORONTO - Johnny Bower's grandson and Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan will be among the speakers at Wednesday's memorial service for the Hall of Fame goalie. Leafs broadcaster Joe Bowen...

By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press CALGARY - A British Columbia social worker says she won't abandon her fight for a national alert system to prevent at-risk children from disappearing when their f...

By Rob Drinkwater, The Canadian Press EDMONTON - Alberta's carbon tax jumped on New Year's Day, but the province's NDP government maintains the tax played a vital role in Alberta's improving economic ...