Category Archives: The Canadian Press

CALGARY - Alberta and Saskatchewan's health ministers say they haven't been approached by Ottawa about signing onto the federal pharmacare program since the spring election. Saskatchewan Health Minist...

EDMONTON - Several non-profit groups say some Alberta children are going hungry with thousands losing access to school food programs during a provincewide teachers strike. The strike entered its eight...

OTTAWA - A Canadian refugee applicant from Bangladesh who is being held in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Buffalo says he crossed the border into the U.S. by mistake ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Uruguay's senate passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia on Wednesday, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - One of the most significant airlifts in Alaska history was underway Wednesday to move hundreds of people from coastal villages ravaged by high surf and strong winds from the remn...

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student in 1993 was executed Wednesday. Charles Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead a...

A strong smell of gas at the domestic terminal of Vancouver's airport forced passengers to be temporarily moved out on Wednesday. Statements from the airport say the source of the smell was quickly id...

OTTAWA - Federal Industry Minister Mlanie Joly said financial relief is coming soon for Canada's tariff-struck softwood lumber sector. The minister said in Fredericton Wednesday the government will pr...

VICTORIA - Almost all of British Columbia's licensed professional workers are going on strike after contract talks broke down this week. A statement from the Professional Employees Association Wednesd...

Ah, rats! Researchers think they have debunked the origin of Chicago's so-called "rat hole," one of the Windy City's weirdest local landmarks. Hold on. The rat hole wasn't what you think. It wasn't so...