Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says the country is now in the midst of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam's assessment follows a troubling surge in new cases over t...

MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been charged with first-degree murder after a woman was stabbed at a shopping centre Wednesday east of Montreal. Marc-Andr Houle, 43, appeared briefly by videoconference to...

VANCOUVER - Researchers in Vancouver are working to unleash a new weapon they hope will defeat the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. The canine scent detection program at Vancouver Coastal Hea...

The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported Thursday as it released a trove...

MONTREAL - Quebec opposition parties say the provincial government's refusal to hold a debate in the legislature on its plan to impose a vaccine passport system reflects a larger problem with its use ...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Press erroneously reported in a story published Aug. 10 that Sanofi Pasteur's existing vaccine plant in Toronto makes flu vaccine. The new Sanofi expansion being built there will...

OTTAWA - Canada is donating all 10 million doses of the single-dose vaccine that it purchased from Johnson & Johnson but won't use to low and middle-income countries. International Development Min...

MONTREAL - Two brothers charged in connection with an alleged kidnapping of their teen sister have been denied bail. The 22 and 21-year-old men, whose names are under a publication ban to protect the ...

OTTAWA - The federal government could make about $177 million over 10 years from a support deal it reached with Air Canada, the parliamentary budget officer said in a report Thursday. The PBO estimate...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish authorities said Thursday the death toll from the severe floods and mudslides that struck the north of the country has risen to 17, and one more person is still reported ...