Category Archives: Canadian Press

MONTREAL - A class action lawsuit against two pharmaceutical giants that alleges the regular use of talc powder is linked to a higher risk of ovarian cancer has been auth...

OTTAWA - The federal government will intervene in British Columbia’s reference case over the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said Thursday. ...

TORONTO - Ontario researchers have teamed up to test a portable device that can detect the presence of potentially deadly fentanyl in street drugs and deliver the results in mere seconds. The sci...

Toronto FC head coach Greg Vanney said Thursday he can’t recall an injury situation quite like the one he has faced early this season. The latest blow came this week with confirmation that ...

MONTREAL - This isn’t your average teacher assistant. Nao is a little robot which held its own news conference in Montreal on Thursday to outline its own accomplishments, par...

WASHINGTON - Even by the standards of Donald Trump’s Washington, Thursday was a zany day. Little bomblets of news related to the investigations into the president’s inner circle kept dropp...

NASHVILLE - A fatal shooting set off pandemonium inside a mall in Nashville, Tennessee, provoking an outsized police response in the city where a gunman killed several people at a Waffle House less th...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s United Conservatives take their first step this weekend in deciding what they stand for as they explore proposals ranging from a return to a flat income ...

OLDS, Alta. - With the clock ticking down to legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada, demand has exploded in the cannabis industry for qualified workers who can ensur...

PHILADELPHIA - Just one week after a court ordered his early release from prison, Philadelphia-born rapper Meek Mill joined Pennsylvania’s governor on Thursday in calling on state lawmakers to e...