Category Archives: The Canadian Press

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...

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...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said it launched an airstrike on a Hamas militant in southern Gaza late Wednesday in retaliation for an attack earlier in the day that wounded five Israeli soldiers. The strike...

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...

CROFTON - A pulp mill on Vancouver Island is permanently ending operations, the latest mill to close in the province, affecting around 350 employees. Domtar says in a statement that continued poor pri...

OTTAWA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to meet with Coastal First Nations after chiefs voted unanimously Tuesday to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Col...