Author Archives: The Canadian Press

Experts say it takes time to properly investigate a police shooting - even when the public is calling for quick results - but details on the outcome must be more transparent. Of 55 police shootings th...

OTTAWA - The federal government is restricting travel from the U.K. for 72 hours in an effort to keep a contagious new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 out of Canada. The travel ban comes into...

The NHL and the NHL Players' Association settled on a plan for the upcoming season Sunday. The league and union agreed to a 56-game schedule that includes an all-Canadian North Division - for the 2020...

MADISON, Wis. - Shirley Abrahamson, the longest-serving Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in state history and the first woman to serve on the high court, has died. She was 87. Abrahamson, who also serv...

Nunavut is reporting its first two COVID-19 deaths. The territory's premier, health minister and chief public health officer say in a joint statement that a resident of Arviat was transported to a sou...

The superhero sequel "Wonder Woman 1984" has earned an estimated $38.5 million in ticket sales from international theatres, Warner Bros. said Sunday. The film starring Gal Gadot started its rollout ab...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is taking aim at what he describes as China's unpredictability, refusal to play by the rules and expanding footprint around the world, saying those are among th...

The majority of Canadians report feeling optimistic about the new year in light of the COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new online survey. A report commissioned by the Association for Canadian Studie...

For Lori Phillips, waiting for news of a son lost at sea is painful, as she says closure could begin with his body's return from the Bay of Fundy.An aerial search continued Sunday for some sign of the...

TORONTO - Fear of contracting COVID-19 in hospitals or doctors' offices has prompted some moms-to-be to choose to take on midwives and have their babies at home, midwifery groups say. A recent survey ...