Author Archives: The Canadian Press

  EDMONTON - Alberta is taking legal action against Saskatchewan's licence plate ban, calling it a slam-dunk case over a small-minded policy. "This petty and ridiculous restriction has real conse...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The man accused of driving into a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces a new charge of first-degree murder after a court hearing Thursday in which...

A popular animal at a Saskatoon zoo has been euthanized. Winston, an elk at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo, was put down Tuesday. Zoo manager Tim Sinclair-Smith says Winston was showing lame...

  ST. LOUIS - A cat with an unlikely name has an important job at a training centre for dogs. Support Dogs, Inc. in St. Louis took in the black and white cat over the summer and named him D-O-G (...

OTTAWA - The federal government released more details Wednesday on changes to its controversial tax proposals in hopes of further addressing deep concerns over reforms that have angered the small-busi...

  EDMONTON - Alberta says it will take action on two fronts Thursday in its escalating fight with Saskatchewan over the ban on Alberta licence plates on Saskatchewan job sites. Deron Bilous, Albe...

OTTAWA - Canada's finance ministers agreed to a suite of changes to the Canada Pension Plan during their meeting this week. Here are five things to know. 1) A new mechanism will be introduced so Canad...

TORONTO - Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which already owns the Maple Leafs, Raptors and Toronto FC, is adding the CFL's Argonauts to its portfolio. MLSE announced Wednesday it has an agreemen...

EDMONTON - A man accused of attempted murder after a police officer was hit by a car and stabbed is still waiting for psychiatric assessments due to a critical bed shortage at an Alberta mental hospit...

If you are what you Google, Canadians are a pretty broad-minded lot. Google has released its 17th annual survey of top-trending searches, and top-of-mind topics for Canucks in 2017 ranged from devasta...