Author Archives: The Canadian Press

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut health officials say inmates at two of Iqaluit's correctional facilities have tested positive for COVID-19. Three inmates from the Makigiarvik Correctional Centre and one fr...

OTTAWA - A Sikh advocacy group says the government of India has blocked a Canadian website that aims to raise funds for COVID-19 patients abroad. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a lawyer for Sikhs For Justic...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford scrapped over international border measures Friday while officials in two of Alberta's COVID-19 hotspots sought clarification over a possibl...

QUEBEC - The man accused in the Quebec City Halloween night stabbing attack that killed two people appeared in court today via video conference from the infirmary of his detention centre. No reason wa...

MONTREAL - Two Montrealers taking part in a religious festival in Israel were among the dozens of people killed when a stampede erupted early Friday. Shraga Gestetner, 33, was a well-known singer in t...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it ran a budgetary deficit of $282.6 billion through 11 months of its fiscal year as revenues dropped and pandemic aid continued to flow. The deficit from April to...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:05 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 740 new cases of COVID-19, along with four new deaths. More than 1.78 million doses of C...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ended a bid by Toronto police members to sue over the actions of Crown prosecutors that the officers say damaged their reputations. In its 8-1 decision Friday,...

IQALUIT - A dedicated scientist who loved the North, Markus Dyck spoke his mind and strove to include Inuit in northern research. That's how friends and colleagues are remembering Dyck, a polar bear b...

WASHINGTON - Wages and benefits grew quickly for U.S. workers in the first three months of the year, a sign that businesses are starting to offer higher pay to fill newly-opened jobs. U.S. workers' to...