Author Archives: The Canadian Press

LONDON - The British government on Thursday extended its salary support program by another month through to the end of April as it tries to keep a lid on unemployment as coronavirus restrictions slam ...

BRUSSELS - The European Union's top court ruled on Thursday that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its cars a so-called defeat device to cheat on emission tests and cannot argue it was mere...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (All times Eastern): 8:45 p.m. Yukon is tightening its COVID-19 restrictions, requiring patrons at bars and restaurants to provide contact informatio...

HALIFAX - As a snowstorm descended on Nova Scotia and the search for five missing scallop fishermen was suspended Thursday, an industry leader said there was evidence to suggest their boat had suddenl...

CLYDE RIVER, Nunavut - Nunavut RCMP say major crime and forensic investigators are on their way from Iqaluit to Clyde River following a shooting. Mounties had warned Thursday morning that there was an...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Ottawa is giving Newfoundland and Labrador temporary relief from debt and financing payments for the troubled Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project and appointing a top bureaucrat to ...

MONTREAL - Boeing's 737 Max aircraft is a step closer to returning to Canadian skies, nearly two years after being grounded due to technical issues that resulted in two deadly crashes involving foreig...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose again last week to 885,000, the highest weekly total since September, as a resurgence of coronavirus cases threatens the ec...

NEW YORK - Just a month after publication, Barack Obama's "A Promised Land" is well on its way to becoming the bestselling presidential memoir in modern times. Crown announced Wednesday that sales hav...

NEW YORK - Laurence Hyman, son of the late Shirley Jackson, has been on a quest for more than 20 years. Jackson was just 48 when she died, in 1965, and left behind an extensive backlog of unreleased m...