Author Archives: The Canadian Press

Statistics Canada said the country added 94,000 jobs in July as public health restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic continued to be lifted, but economists warned there is still a "long slog" to...

WASHINGTON - Long lines of semi-trailer trucks snaked away from the Canada-U.S. frontier Friday as a work-to-rule campaign by border agents slowed traffic to a crawl and marathon negotiations stretche...

BEIRUT (AP) - The militant Hezbollah group said it fired a barrage of rockets near Israeli positions close to the Lebanese border on Friday, calling it retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on southern L...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou told a British Columbia Supreme Court that the Huawei executive is asking the United States to be honest and diligent in its request for extradition. In response ...

DALLAS (AP) - A Texas appeals court on Thursday upheld the murder conviction of a former Dallas police officer who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting her neighbor in his home. A panel of thr...

WHITEHORSE - The results of the Yukon election stand after a former cabinet minister who lost her seat in a tie vote also lost her bid to overturn the election result in court. Liberal Pauline Frost c...

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer is confident people will be able to cast ballots safely in an expected federal election, despite a fourth wave of COVID-19 fuelled by the highly contagiou...

WEYMOUTH NORTH, N.S. - A First Nation in Nova Scotia says nine of its lobster fishing boats were purposely cut loose from a wharf on Thursday. The chief of the Sipekne'katik First Nation, Mike Sack, i...

MONTREAL - Anne-Marie Binette bought a $62 family pack of tickets last month for a robot dinosaur exhibition that was advertised for Montreal's south shore this fall. Jurassic Fest Montreal was sold b...