Author Archives: The Canadian Press

NEW YORK - The first time Gary Oldman and David Fincher met was in London 1990, when Fincher was looking to cast him in "Alien 3." "And he had the sense to say no," Fincher recalls. In the 30 years si...

CALGARY - Efforts have begun to immortalize the late Turk Diggler, a wild turkey whose jaunts through several Calgary neighbourhoods delighted many as the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave upended normal...

BURNABY, B.C. - A health authority has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a mink farm after eight people at the operation in British Columbia's Fraser Valley tested positive for the disease. Fraser Healt...

OTTAWA - A small business that used to book speaking engagements for Justin Trudeau and his family has been caught in the partisan crossfire of the WE Charity affair. Martin Perelmuter, who co-founded...

Scientists have sifted through nearly 6,000 years of seabird droppings to get what they say could be the first long-term reading on how their numbers are affected by humans. "It's a stinky job, but so...

In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent place...

When the coronavirus pushed people out of the world and into homebound isolation, the small-screen's role grew bigger than ever. Television and its mobile iterations bore witness to a tumultuous year ...

NEW YORK - Bob Woodward's next book finds him in the familiar world of documenting a presidency's ending. Woodward is teaming with Washington Post colleague Robert Costa on a book about the waning day...

OTTAWA - Two key federal cabinet ministers marked the anniversary of a landmark report on women's issues in Canada with a political push for a national daycare system, encouraging provinces and MPs to...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut residents staying in isolation hotels in Winnipeg are being given the option to take a rapid test for COVID-19. Since March, anyone who leaves Nunavut must isolate for 14 da...