Author Archives: The Canadian Press

FRANKFURT - The OPEC oil cartel and allied countries said Thursday that they have decided to add gradually add back some 2 million barrels per barrel per day of oil production from May to July, moving...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are asking the public for views on reforming the key federal transparency law, which the government acknowledges is sorely outdated. The government says the ideas for imp...

HALIFAX - Canadian officials are challenging American allegations that fishing gear from Canada is to blame for the entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale found dead off South Carolina. Fisherie...

OTTAWA - The commission overseeing leaders' debates during federal elections says Indigenous media outlet APTN will be one of the broadcast partners producing the next event. The Leaders' Debates Comm...

VANCOUVER - An inspection of a long-term care home that was the site of British Columbia's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak found staffing levels were low and cleaning was inadequate as the virus spread th...

OTTAWA - Canada hit a new daily record and passed a new milestone for vaccinations this week but will need to up its game to get a single dose to every eligible person by Canada Day. It's doable on pa...

WASHINGTON - In case anyone thought, or at least hoped, the new baseball season would go off without a coronavirus-related hitch, there was bad news on opening day: The Washington Nationals' game agai...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will help decide the question of whether a judge should hear a matter of public interest even if there are no individual plaintiffs. The top court's decision to he...

LOS ANGELES - The makers of "United States of Al" are keenly aware they're treading on sensitive ground with the new CBS series about two survivors of war. Riley is a combat veteran back from the Mide...

NEW YORK - Detective Benoit Blanc's next cases will be for Netflix. The streaming company said Wednesday it has reached a deal for two sequels to Rian Johnson's acclaimed 2019 whodunit, "Knives Out." ...