Author Archives: The Canadian Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A push to pass first-in-the-nation California proposals to limit single-use plastic containers and other items drew support from actor Jeff Goldblum on Wednesday. Environmental gr...

GUELPH, Ont. - The Guelph Humane Society says it has taken in 80 cats that were found in a home in the southwestern Ontario city. The organization's executive director says they were called ...

NEW YORK - As Harvey Weinstein goes through his New York trial on rape and sexual assault charges, here's a look at the movie mogul's past and his multiple legal fights. A HOLLYWOOD KINGMAKER: For dec...

JACKSON, Miss. - Another Mississippi inmate died in a troubled state prison Wednesday, and state corrections officials said his death appeared to be a suicide by hanging. At least 10 inmates have died...

OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race is underway and the deadline to register as a candidate and meet the first round of requirements is Feb. 27. These candidates have officially declared they in...

OTTAWA - Montreal-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin has ended its court challenge of the federal prosecution service's decision to deny it a special agreement to avoid crimin...

VANCOUVER - Don Durban holds his palm up to a screen on a tall steel box akin to a vending machine crossed with an ATM that displays his first name and an identification number seconds ...

TORONTO - The CBC is making changes to the four-host format of its flagship newscast "The National" in response to feedback from viewers. The public broadcaster says Adrienne Arsenault and Andrew Chan...

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver actor says she was tricked into holding a protest sign outside the court where Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing is underway. Thirty-two-year-old Julia H...

LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson couldn't have been defamed by accounts that he was drunk and disruptive before being banned from a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino, because his reputation was already tarnished, ...