Author Archives: The Canadian Press

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday May 30, 2021.There are 1,376,734 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,376,734 confirmed cases (37,808 active, 1,313...

TORONTO - Health Canada extended the expiry date of tens of thousands of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses by one month on Saturday, easing pressure on Canadians scrambling to get a second sho...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago intersection where an actor who appeared in the movie "School of Rock" was killed while riding his bicycle was flagged three years ago by a traffic safety group as "notoriou...

MONTREAL - Quebecers lost no time in marking the end of the provincewide curfew imposed to help lower COVID-19 cases, gathering in large groups across the province and creating a busy night for local ...

PARIS (AP) - Thousands of people, masked and tested for the coronavirus, packed inside a Paris arena for a concert Saturday as part of a public health experiment to prepare France to host big events a...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:35 p.m. Alberta is reporting that the number of patients with COVID-19 in the province's hospitals has fallen to 478. There we...

OTTAWA - The U.S. State Department says Arnold Chacon has been named to serve as charg d'affaires to Canada at the American embassy.The announcement came Friday in a release issued by U.S. Secretary o...

OTTAWA - A senator from Prince Edward Island is pushing for a change to the government's sweeping budget bill that she says would entrench an unfair situation on the island that the Trudeau Liberals h...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $65 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. However, two of the 12 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each were won by ticket holders in the Prairie...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Plans are being made to identify and return home the remains of more than 200 children found buried at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia's Interior, says a p...