Author Archives: The Canadian Press

MILAN - A Swiss-Italian television host apologized Wednesday for mimicking Asians on a satirical TV program after her actions drew protests on social media. "I am truly sorry and I apologize if I hurt...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals have told stakeholders in the affordable-housing sector to look for funding in next week's budget to help expand the stock of units for Indigenous people in urban centres...

Greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil and gas industry will make up an outsized share of the remaining carbon the world's atmosphere can take, a new analysis suggests. "Canada is no small player ...

TORONTO - Once again, the CFL will not get an interest-free loan from the federal government. The two sides have maintained informal dialogue since last August when the CFL cancelled plans for an abbr...

LOS ANGELES - Right down to its production design, the Oscars have not always felt like the most welcoming place for people with disabilities. "I've always seen that stage with its stairs as a symbol ...

Ottawa is creating a new pathway to permanent residency for 90,000 essential workers and international graduates who are currently in Canada, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said Wednesday. The n...

OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna has announced a $1.5-billion program designed to spur green building through retrofits, upgrades and new construction of public institutions. The fiv...

LAVAL, Que. - A suburb north of Montreal has become the first city in Quebec to ban the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in weed killer Roundup. Officials in Laval, Que., adopted the new bylaw...

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors will not charge a police officer who shot and killed a woman as she climbed through the broken part of a door during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, th...

MONTREAL - A Quebec teachers strike was marred on Wednesday after a teacher picketing with her colleagues in Sherbrooke, Que., was struck by a car in what police described as a deliberate gesture. She...