Author Archives: The Canadian Press

BOSTON - A Hindu activist is calling on luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton to pull a yoga mat made partly from cowhide leather, calling it "hugely insensitive." Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Soc...

MOSCOW - Russia said Tuesday it has sent 300 military instructors to the Central African Republic to help train its army that's facing an offensive by rebel groups ahead of elections. The mineral-rich...

OTTAWA - Canada and the United Kingdom have inked a temporary agreement that will head off an automatic increase in tariffs that was set to kick in when Britain leaves the European Union next week. De...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire, sending a large black plume of smoke into the sky north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorit...

NEW YORK - A Delta flight out of New York City was halted after a Florida couple travelling with a Great Dane puppy fled the aircraft with the pet using an emergency slide, an airline spokesperson and...

REGINA - A judge who visited a Metis man at his protest camp on Saskatchewan's legislature grounds after ruling he was entitled to stay there is facing a review by his fellow judges. The Canadian Judi...

WASHINGTON - A bill to ban race-day doping of horses and set national medication and track-safety standards for the horse-racing industry is nearing the finish line. Lawmakers gave final approval to t...

CHICAGO - A federal judge on Tuesday again delayed R. Kelly's trial in Chicago on child pornography and other charges because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, postponing it to next year The...

QUEBEC - An external investigation into the deaths of two Quebec boys is calling for in-depth reform of the province's youth protection system and the law that governs it. Dr. Lionel Carmant, Quebec's...

OTTAWA - Where is God? It is a question Rev. Harrison Ayre finds himself asking and being asked often as the COVID-19 pandemic has left nearly two million dead worldwide; 80 million sickened; families...