Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is calling on the federal government to recharge Quebec's forestry sector with an eye to its energy potential. The Bloc is laying out a slate of prop...

Americans are travelling in the greatest numbers in more than a year, and soon they will have two new leisure-oriented airlines to consider for those trips. Both hope to draw passengers by filling in ...

MONTREAL - A 44-year-old man arrested for allegedly uttering death threats to a woman of Asian origin on Montreal's subway system is due back in court April 14, police said Thursday.The victim, a 29-y...

As Ontario implemented a stay-at-home order Thursday and Quebec announced it will expand some curfews to tackle increasing COVID-19 cases, the Canadian Medical Association said continually changing re...

NEW YORK - A Chicago-based writer and activist has received the First Book Award from the Academy of American Poets. Kemi Alabi's "Against Heaven" is scheduled for publication in Spring 2022. Alabi, c...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 5:45 p.m. Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the COVID-19 variant of concern first reported in the United Kingdom is...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children travelling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major t...

JERUSALEM - Like so many mothers, Raul Artal's insisted that her son was going to be a doctor. But there was a history - and heroism - behind her ambitions for him. A determined Jewish doctor in a con...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has acknowledged his country was facing the "worst-ever situation" as he addressed thousands of grassroots members of his ruling party durin...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's foreign minister on Wednesday said the island will defend itself "to the very last day" if attacked by China. Joseph Wu said China's attempts at conciliation while engaging i...