Author Archives: The Canadian Press

GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congo's Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tri...

MONTREAL - Canada's race toward widespread COVID-19 immunity reached a milestone on Saturday, as numbers showed half the national population has received at least one dose of vaccine meant to protect ...

Raywat Deonandan is feeling more hopeful these days, and he's noticed a renewed optimism in many of his epidemiology and infectious disease colleagues. After months of observing negative COVID-19 tren...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6 p.m. Alberta is reporting 621 new COVID-19 cases and six additional deaths. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical of...

Last summer, a 24-year-old fiddle teacher walked more than 600 kilometres from his home in northern Saskatchewan to the legislature in Regina after a bill to address suicides was voted down a second t...

MONTREAL - The orange cones that line Montreal's abundant construction sites have become a symbol of a city under near-constant repair, spawning cone-themed comics, a board game and trinket versions s...

BEIJING (AP) - China's first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China's space administration said Saturday. The solar-powered rover ...

OTTAWA - The NDP is calling on the federal government to claw back pandemic wage subsidies handed to companies that took advantage of the cash to boost executive compensation, but economists say other...

VANCOUVER - Wildfire conditions are cause for concern this year as parts of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia report either significant drought or record low rainfall between January and Apr...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $55 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.There were also four Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, and one went to a lottery play...