Category Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - New legislation tabled by the government on Tuesday will create a legislative framework to protect drinking water in First Nations communities, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty s...

VANCOUVER - A new study by researchers at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver has found that alcohol "significantly reduces" the chance of rescue in a youth drowning accident. The study, published in...

OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has dismissed Thomas Partey's bid for emergency relief after Canada denied the Ghana midfielder entry for the FIFA World Cup. Justice Roger Lafrenire, who heard the appl...

OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has dismissed Thomas Partey's bid for emergency relief after Canada denied the Ghana midfielder entry for the FIFA World Cup. Justice Roger Lafrenire, who heard the appl...

OTTAWA - Ottawa might scrap the position of special envoy to Africa, despite House of Commons and Senate committees calling on the government to give the role a higher priority and more resources to c...

TORONTO - Before Tessa Virtue ever put on a pair of skates, she was a dancer. Virtue trained in ballet and contemporary before deciding instead to pursue figure skating at age seven, she said. The dec...

OTTAWA - As Jocelyn Downie watched the Supreme Court of Canada strike down the laws criminalizing the act of helping someone end their life in 2015, she thought she'd better find something to do with ...

OTTAWA - Efforts to legalize assisted dying in Canada date back decades and the issue has been the subject of debate in Parliament and at the country's top court. Here are some key dates: 1892: Canada...

VIAN-LES-BAINS - Prime Minister Mark Carney appeared to pitch U.S. President Donald Trump on Canada's plan to import a limited number of Chinese electric vehicles at the G7 summit Tuesday in France. T...

PALU, Indonesia (AP) - A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook part of Indonesia's Sulawesi island Tuesday and was followed by strong aftershocks. The initial temblor caused strong shaking lasting more than ...