Author Archives: The Canadian Press

NEW YORK - Fiction authors Steven Dunn and Tope Falarin and dramatists Jordan E. Cooper and Sylvia Khoury are among this year's winners of the Whiting Awards, honours with a cash prize of $50,000 that...

OTTAWA - A Liberal MP was caught wearing his birthday suit in the virtual House of Commons.William Amos, who has represented the Quebec riding of Pontiac since 2015, appeared on the screens of his fel...

PLYMOUTH, Conn. - After more than 250 days on the run, an 800- to 900-pound (360- to 410-kilogram) beefalo that has been roaming the woods in western Connecticut since it escaped on its way to a slaug...

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault softened some rules surrounding outdoor mask wearing on Wednesday after criticism from the public and members of the political opposition. On Tuesday, Legaul...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will issue a formal apology next month for the treatment of Italian-Canadians during the Second World War. The government said in a news release that 600 Italian...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will allow a free vote on a caucus member's push to ban "sex-selective abortions." A private members' bill on the issue was presented Wednesday by Saskatchewa...

A Federal Reserve survey has found that the economy was rebounding in late February through early April, helped by billions of dollars in a new round of stimulus payments and the stepped-up rollout of...

WATERLOO, Que. - Quebec provincial police say a baby boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert on Wednesday has been found safe. The alert was issued after the two-month-old was allegedly abducted by ...

LOS ANGELES - The suspect in the 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart killed her while trying rape her in his dorm room and his father helped hide the body, the San Luis Obis...

Ontario blamed a vaccine shortage in some areas on a delayed shipment Wednesday as Ottawa pledged to keep pumping out Oxford-AstraZeneca shots following a safety review that found the product's benefi...