Author Archives: The Canadian Press

TORONTO - A lucky ticket holder in Ontario is $65 million richer, with one winning ticket sold in Tuesday's Lotto Max jackpot. Five of the 14 available Maxmillion prizes of $1 million were also claime...

NEW YORK (AP) - Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City after appealing to the political center and promising to strike the right balance betwee...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A storm that has lashed the Caribbean and the Florida Keys with pounding rain and gusty winds and complicated the search for survivors in a deadly condominium collapse has ...

Calgary Stampede organizers say proof of vaccination will be required to get into one popular live-music venue when the 10-day cowboy festival starts Friday. "We will require guests to show proof of v...

LYTTON, B.C. - One of two rail companies with routes through Lytton, B.C., says it has resumed service after a wildfire devastated the village last week, a move one First Nations leader says he's will...

OTTAWA - When Mary Simon uttered her first words as Canada's next governor general in her native language of Inuktitut, a collective thrill was felt among many Inuit and other Indigenous people across...

Growing up in northern Quebec, Mary Simon was taught by her grandmother to respect elders and to always be kind. Raised in a family of eight children - four brothers and four sisters - Simon experienc...

OTTAWA - Federal politicians, Indigenous groups and others were quick to weigh in following Mary Simon's appointment as Canada's next governor general on Tuesday. Here is some of what they said: "This...

MONTREAL - The Kahnawake Mohawk community south of Montreal has a long tradition of female leadership but has never had a female grand chief - until now. Over the weekend, Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, 41, ...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Justin Trudeau's Liberal party has only a narrow lead over the Opposition Conservatives among decided voters. The online survey from Leger and the Association for Canadian...