Author Archives: The Canadian Press

A safety regulator has found "electrical non-compliances" at a British Columbia waterpark where a group of 12 schoolchildren suffered burns. Technical Safety BC, which is leading the investigation int...

Soccer fans are gearing up for Toronto's second FIFA World Cup match as Ghana takes on Panama this evening, although potentially stormy weather may get in the way of some festivities. Ghana supporters...

Amnesty International and the Canadian Council for Refugees have filed a new Federal Court challenge of the constitutionality of a treaty with the U.S. that says refugees must claim asylum in whicheve...

A parliamentary committee is expected to recommend against extending eligibility for medical assistance in dying to people with a mental illness in a report to the House of Commons set to be tabled We...

A Quebec zoo says a red kangaroo is doing well after it was captured after several days on the lam on Montreal's South Shore. The Granby Zoo says the animal is eating normally and resting up after fou...

Statistics Canada estimates the population edged down 0.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year as the number of non-permanent residents dropped. The agency estimated the population at 41,417,056...

Police in some of Quebec's largest metropolitan regions have handed out thousands of fines over the past six years to citizens for allegedly hurling insults at officers or other municipal officials, a...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he had several informal discussions with U.S. President Donald Trump during the G7 summit in France, despite not having an official meeting. Carney told reporters durin...

Taxpayers' Ombudsperson Franois Boileau is pushing for simplified, automated tax filing as his office faces its highest number of complaints in three years. Boileau says his office saw a 27 per cent j...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Major League Baseball has warned players about writing on their uniforms after San Francisco starter Landen Roupp and two other pitchers added Bible verses to their Pride Night ca...