Category Archives: National News – CP

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump pardoned Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case on Wednesday, citing what he called a "weaponized" justice s...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is urging Crown prosecutors to think twice about charging someone who acts to defend themselves or others in their own homes. Justice Minister Mi...

OTTAWA - Former federal minister Chrystia Freeland this week said Ukraine can become an economic juggernaut and boost European economies by taking up the opportunities it missed after the collapse of ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Gull-Masty to address Assembly of First Nations Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty will address hu...

HALIFAX - A nor'easter descended on Atlantic Canada Wednesday, bringing heavy snow, rain and strong winds to the region. The storm's howling winds were blamed for knocking out power to thousands of ho...

VANCOUVER - Meghann O'Brien used to feel connected to the mountain through her snowboard, but now she finds that link through the wool of a mountain goat used in her weaving for the last 15 years. O'B...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney met Wednesday with chiefs representing Treaties 6, 7 and 8 on Parliament Hill, who expressed openness to the idea of pipeline ownership days after Carney signed a m...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican Matt Van Epps won a nationally watched special election in Tennessee for a seat in the U.S. House on Tuesday, maintaining his party's grip on the district with help ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - James Solomon was elected mayor of Jersey City on Tuesday, thwarting former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's bid for a political comeback more than two decades after a scandalo...

VICTORIA - The B.C. New Democrat government has survived a confidence vote over its changes to the Mental Health Act that reduce the legal exposure of health care workers who deliver involuntary care ...