Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are betting that billions more in debt will pay for itself with the economic growth fuelled by helping thousands of workers find jobs and small businesses adapt to shifti...

OTTAWA - The first federal budget in more than two years extends Ottawa's COVID-19 "lifeline" for those still struggling after a difficult year - including aid for laid-off workers - another few month...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government faces three votes in the wake of Monday's budget, any one of which could theoretically plunge the country into an election.But NDP Leader Jagmeet ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's attorney general is investigating whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo broke the law by having members of his staff help write and promote his pandemic leadership book. In a letter date...

KUGLUKTUK, Nunavut - One person is dead after a snowmobile accident in Kugluktuk, Nunavut. RCMP are investigating the accident that happened about 7:45 p.m. Sunday. They say a racer, who they have not...

MONTREUX, Switzerland - The deceptions, distrust and divisions in European soccer erupted in public on Monday between teams and even within the clubs breaking away to form a Super League that could le...

VICTORIA - The University of Victoria says the head coach of its women's rowing program has resigned effective immediately. In a statement posted Monday on the school's varsity athletics website, it s...

WASHINGTON - Prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre can now begin getting the COVID-19 vaccine, a senior defence official told The Associated Press on Monday, months after a plan to inoculat...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting two COVID-19 cases in Kinngait, Nunavut, but the territory's chief public health officer says they're not related to the ongoing outbreak in Iqaluit. Until now,...

EDMONTON - The Alberta legislature has turned down a request for a special debate on an Opposition bill intended to protect the province's Rocky Mountains from coal mining. The refusal from United Con...