Author Archives: The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be returned to federal prison after federal authorities denied him home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associ...

EDMONTON - Last year's dive in oil prices has caused Alberta to change how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. "The in...

OTTAWA - The chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who already got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should not feel they made a bad choice. Dr. Caroline Quach and the othe...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says house parties and visits between households are to blame for a rise in COVID-19 cases in Iqaluit, but vaccination rates have also climbed ...

WASHINGTON - Canada agreed Thursday to join World Trade Organization talks on waiving the rules that protect vaccine trade secrets - a measure drug companies and a number of world leaders say would on...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is pledging a hefty foreign home buyers' tax and "massive" investment in housing to chill a boiling-hot real estate market. Unveiled today at a virtual news conferenc...

EDMONTON - Wilf Lowenberg says his longtime family friend might still be alive had a hospital emergency department taken her side-effects from a COVID-19 shot more seriously. Lisa Stonehouse's family ...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal in a case where the conviction of four people accused of money laundering on behalf of the Hells Angels was quashed over unreasonable legal del...

MONTREAL - Two groups that unsuccessfully challenged Quebec's secularism law in court said Thursday they will appeal last month's ruling. The National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civi...

OTTAWA - The federal government is being asked to give new and soon-to-be moms a Mother's Day gift by closing a hole in the safety net preventing some from having their maternity leave fully covered. ...