Category Archives: The Canadian Press

FORT MCMURRAY - A massive wildfire quickly spread into the oilsands city of Fort McMurray, Alta., on May 3, 2016. It forced more than 90,000 people out of the region, damaged or levelled 2,500 homes a...

TORONTO - Refugees now have to pay out of pocket for part of their drug prescriptions, mental health counselling, dental services, vision care and health equipment - including wheelchairs - as changes...

OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says he's "encouraged" by the federal government's efforts to diversify the economy and protect it against increasingly common shocks to global trade. He ...

MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens fans across the city will be gathering to cheer on their team during Friday night's crucial Game 6 showdown against the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Bell Centre. While play...

LONDON (AP) - A 45-year-old man was charged Friday with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London, the latest in a string of attacks that have sparked fear and anger in Britain's J...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A North Texas man who claimed he wasn't the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago and who said prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secur...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a key approval for a cross-border oil pipeline project to deliver more of the province's crude to the United States is coming after years of advocacy fro...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter to death nearly 50 years ago was executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, was pr...

VICTORIA - The B.C. government has announced a ban on breeding and future ownership of all exotic cats in a measure it says strengthens public safety, animal welfare and environmental protection. The ...

FORT ST. JOHN - The B.C. legislator representing Old Fort, the community where a landslide has forced people from their homes, says he'll be meeting constituents to discuss options for the future - in...