Author Archives: The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman who took on a stabbing suspect with an umbrella always does what she believes is right, her sister says.Sheloah Klausen, a school teacher in North Vancouver, was a...

NEW YORK - The award-winning series of graphic novels about congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis will continue a year after his death. Abrams announced Tuesday that "Run: Book One" will be...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests two-thirds of Canadians favour stricter gun-control laws - and more than half believe that should include a mandatory buyback program for prohibited firearms. The poll, co...

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou says the case before a British Columbia Supreme Court judge is "unprecedented" in that the extradition request from the United States violates in...

OTTAWA - An alliance of 25 sex worker rights groups is asking the Ontario Court of Justice to strike down several sections of the Criminal Code as unconstitutional. The Canadian Alliance for Sex Work ...

VANCOUVER - A member of a Masonic lodge says he doesn't understand why Freemasons would be targeted after fires were allegedly set at three buildings operated by the society in Metro Vancouver on Tues...

OTTAWA - A new report is urging the Trudeau Liberals to embrace "aggressive incrementalism" on their promised path toward a national child-care system, arguing the government should quickly build on w...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians just need to hold on “a little longer” as he promises even more vaccine doses will arrive this spring. Pfizer is going to send five mi...

OTTAWA - Canada is staying in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant for another year, though exactly what Canadian troops will be doing there over the next 12 months remains large...

WINCHESTER, Conn. - A mother bear caught on video trying to coax four rambunctious cubs across a busy Connecticut road has parents across the internet nodding in sympathy. Hundreds of people responded...