Author Archives: The Canadian Press

PARIS (AP) - France's top court on Wednesday upheld Nicolas Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing of his reelection bid in 2012 in another blow to France's former president's legacy and ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Australian government said young children will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a rights advocacy group on Wednesday challenging the world-fi...

Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak has been given a two-year ban from competition. The International Testing Agency says the 25-year-old has accepted a suspension for an anti-doping rule violation, commi...

This year's Saskatchewan budget is sinking deeper into the red, mainly due to the cost of fighting the summer's wildfires. Finance Minister Jim Reiter, in a midterm update on the budget, says the proj...

Ottawa and the provinces have raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018. The federal government has collected $1.2 billi...

PARIS (AP) - The Paris prosecutor announced four more arrests Tuesday in connection with the stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in October by a gang that made off with $102 million worth of jewels. T...

BANGKOK (AP) - A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthabu...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as "Many Rivers to Cross," "You Can Get it If You Really Want" and "Vie...

After starting the year with a $1-billion federal loan, Canada Post said it will need another bailout by early 2026 as the Crown corporation bleeds cash, putting it on track for its worst fiscal year ...

What was to be a short afternoon field trip for about 20 students and staff of a school in Bella Coola, B.C., became a "traumatic event" where four people were badly hurt when a grizzly attacked witho...