Author Archives: The Canadian Press

BARRIE, Ont. - The central Ontario city of Barrie will turn its attention to clean-up today after a twister tore through a neighbourhood, damaging homes and injuring several people. Paramedics have sa...

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...

CALGARY - "A" is for agriculture, "B" is for broncs, bulls and barrel racing, and "Y" is for Yahoo! A new children's book has been released by writer Jennifer Webster and illustrator Karen Coe to capt...

BERLIN - In one flooded German town, the ground collapsed under family homes. In another, floodwaters swept through an assisted living centre, killing 12. Rescue workers across Germany and Belgium rus...

WASHINGTON - Canada is getting ready to welcome the world again, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quietly indicated late Thursday as his office disclosed a target of mid-August for when the border might ...

LEVELLAND, Texas (AP) - One officer was killed and three others were wounded Thursday when a police standoff in a small West Texas city erupted in gunfire. The incident involved a man reported as poss...

BARRIE - Several people were injured and many more were displaced Thursday after a tornado ripped through part of a southern Ontario city, its mayor said as he expressed relief that no lives had been ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County will again require masks be worn indoors in the nation's largest county, even by those vaccinated against the coronavirus, while the University of California syst...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week's assassination of that country's president, but sending American tr...

MONTREAL - A Montreal police officer on trial for the alleged sexual assault of a woman at a hotel after encountering her in lockup was grilled by the prosecutor on Thursday about the decisions he too...