Author Archives: The Canadian Press

TORONTO - The $6 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw was won by a ticket holder in Ontario. And the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Quebec. The jackpot for the ...

LOON LAKE, N.S. - Nova Scotia's NDP Leader Gary Burrill spent Saturday campaigning in the largely African Nova Scotian riding of Preston where he promised, if elected next month, an end to street chec...

TORONTO - International travellers arriving at Canada's largest airport may now be funnelled into different customs lines based on their vaccination status. Toronto's Pearson International Airport sai...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - British Columbia's public safety minister heaped praise on 100 firefighters from Mexico who arrived in the province Saturday to work "shoulder to shoulder" with local crews battling...

MONTREAL - A man was arrested for possible drunk driving after his vehicle crashed into a store in Montreal. An emergency call was placed at about 2:30 a.m., indicating that a pickup truck smashed int...

TORONTO - Three refugees from South Sudan competing at the Olympics will be heading to a Canadian college this fall under a program that gives students displaced by conflict a chance to pursue their a...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on July 27 will be an estimated $15 million. The Canadian Press

One of the authors of a report examining what went wrong during British Columbia's extraordinary wildfire season in 2017 says this year's unprecedented heat dome demands new ways of approaching extrem...

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

REGINA - Two Canadian provincial premiers and the leaders of three U.S. states have called for the re-opening of the border between the two countries. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, his Alberta count...