Author Archives: The Canadian Press

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven is resigning after losing a confidence vote last week and he called on the country's parliamentary speaker on Monday to try to form a new governme...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 28 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

SPRINGBANK, ALBERTA - The chopper blades start their whup-whup-whup as the pilot checks his flight path over coal exploration projects in the Alberta foothills. The zigzag path on his tablet points ou...

OTTAWA - Canada should have enough COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this week to fully inoculate three-quarters of all Canadians over the age of 12. Brig. Gen. Krista Brodie, the military commander mana...

SASKATOON - Almost 30 per cent of respondents in a newly released Canada-wide survey admitted to breaking COVID-19 rules - and felt justified doing so. The survey by the Canadian Hub for Applied and S...

EDMONTON - Family members of a woman who was killed in a hotel room say the pain they continue to feel a decade after her death is unspeakable. Cindy Gladue's mother, cousins, and sister told a senten...

VANCOUVER - The temperature in a village in British Columbia's southern Interior reached a scorching 46.1 C Sunday afternoon, marking a new all-time high recorded in Canada. The reading from Environme...

WHITEHORSE - Yukon is reporting 44 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, mostly in Whitehorse. The diagnoses bring the total number of active cases in the territory to 124. Chief Medical Officer Dr....

OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna has decided not to seek re-election. Her surprise decision opens up some prime political real estate that could become a launching pad for former Ban...

PARIS (AP) - Mainstream candidates delivered a stinging setback to France's far right in regional elections Sunday, thwarting its hopes of winning control of a region for the first time and slowing it...