Author Archives: The Canadian Press

ROME (AP) - When Italy won the Eurovision Song Contest with an over-the-top glam-rock performance, the victory signaled more than just a psychological boost for one of the countries hardest hit by COV...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 29, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 463,184 new vaccinations administered for a total of 22,809,9...

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. - The Mounties say four people were arrested Friday as they enforced a British Columbia court injunction ordering the removal of blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging on...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A California district attorney said in a court filing Friday that she won't seek a new death sentence against Scott Peterson, convicted in 2005 of murdering his pregnant wife...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 29, 2021. There are 1,374,275 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,374,275 confirmed cases (39,903 active...

EDMONTON - The Canadian Press has clarified a May 21 story on "anti-Alberta" inquiry researcher Vivian Krause. An early version of the story did not include proper sourcing in headlines and the lead p...

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - After years of fighting and litigation over who can include "Orlando" in the name of their central Florida airport, Orlando International Airport officials and Orlando Melbourne...

HOUSTON (AP) - Eleven employees with a Texas sheriff's office have been fired and six others suspended following the February death of an inmate who was hit multiple times in the head by detention off...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The gunman who killed nine of his co-workers at a California rail yard had stockpiled weapons and 25,000 rounds of ammunition at his house before setting it on fire to coincide wi...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The remains of 215 children have been discovered at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Here is some of the reaction to what was found: "Knowing that children ha...