Author Archives: The Canadian Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The U.S. Coast Guard said it was searching late Wednesday for a person who reportedly went overboard from a cruise ship just off Puerto Rico's north shore. Coast Guard spokesma...

MEXICO CITY - A vigilante group in southern Mexico publicly displayed a troop of 19 armed, masked children Wednesday who have been recruited to act as "community police". The children appeared to rang...

TECUN UMAN, Guatemala - Hundreds of Central American migrants stranded in Guatemala on Wednesday were weighing limited options as to how to make it into Mexico, guarded by troops with riot shields and...

BEIJING - Chinese health authorities announces the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in Hong Kong. More to come.   The Associated Press

BEIJING - China closed off a city of more than 11 million people Thursday, halting transportation and warning against public gatherings, to try to stop the spread of a deadly new virus that has sicken...

LAS VEGAS - An 18-year-old was arrested Wednesday on attempted murder charges, a day after a shooting triggered by a gang dispute wounded three people, sent shoppers scrambling and drew a massive poli...

VANCOUVER - Police are hoping a sculpture workshop at the New York Academy of Art will help solve the mysteries of 14 unidentified remains found in British Columbia. The RCMP released photos Wedn...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Mounties spent less than $800,000 on a massive search last summer for two young men wanted for three killings in northern British Columbia. RCMP Cpl. Julie Courchaine said Wednesda...

MONTREAL - Quebec plans to expand medical aid in dying to include people with severe, incurable mental illness, the province's health minister says, with guidelines to be drawn up by the provinci...

NEW YORK - There's no keeping porn star Stormy Daniels and President Donald Trump out of California attorney Michael Avenatti's extortion case, a judge said Wednesday as he ordered the trial to commen...