Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The federal government is deploying military medical personnel to help Ontario's beleaguered health-care system with a deadly third wave of COVID-19. The government said Monday Ottawa has app...

A helicopter trip to survey polar bear populations in the High Arctic ended tragically on the weekend in a crash that killed three people. RCMP said the chopper went down on Griffith Island, about 20 ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is sending nine health-care workers to Ontario on Tuesday to help the province deal with a third wave of COVID-19 that is threatening to overwhelm hospital...

WASHINGTON - The White House is making plans to share as many as 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including 10 million in the coming weeks - but exactly where they will go remains to be seen. The...

The 93rd annual Academy Awards were always going to be a bit surreal this year. The pandemic changed many of the usual rhythms and traditions of the Oscars on Sunday night. There was a glamour-filled ...

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is opening a sweeping probe into policing in Louisville, Kentucky, over the March 2020 death of Breonna Taylor, who was shot to death by police during a raid at her...

CALGARY - Two positive COVID-19 cases have been identified in testing ahead of the 2021 LGT world women's curling championship. The World Curling Federation said in a release that the initial positive...

VANCOUVER - Environment and Climate Change Canada has ordered a halt to construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline through a forest in Burnaby, B.C., until the end of bird nesting season. The departm...

TORONTO - A 13-year-old girl's death from COVID-19 at her home in Brampton, Ont., while her mother lay in hospital with the disease sparked an outpouring of grief, anger and community generosity on Mo...

MONTREAL - A pilot project that is equipping Quebec provincial police officers with body cameras began on Monday in Rimouski, located about 300 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. Ten officers in tha...