Author Archives: The Canadian Press

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was so disgusted after losing a deci...

OTTAWA - Canada's military ombudsman is calling on the federal Liberal government to make his office truly independent, saying the current structure is undercutting confidence in its ability to fight ...

FREDERICTON - A British couple is hoping 2021 is their year for a record-setting transatlantic balloon flight after the COVID-19 pandemic deflated their plans last year. Deborah Day and Mike Scholes o...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 8:20 p.m. AstraZeneca is defending its vaccine after several European countries stopped administering the shot over concerns abo...

CALGARY - The rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations across the country is frustrating several groups of workers who identify as front-line employees and want to be bumped up in the queue. The National Advi...

GAUHATI, India - More than 100 people fleeing Myanmar have entered a small village in India's northeast, adding to scores who had already arrived since last month's military coup in the neighbouring S...

London's police commissioner on Sunday defended her officers' actions and said she didn't intend to resign, after coming under heavy criticism for the way police treated some protesters during a vigil...

OTTAWA - The fever struck Gary Lyon days after he and his wife, Sue, reached their Toronto home early last April, ending what was to have been their 40th wedding anniversary dream vacation. They were ...

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right party suffered clear defeats in two German state elections on Sunday at the hands of popular governors from parties further to the left, according to p...

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's ruling junta has declared martial law in parts of the country's largest city as security forces killed more protesters in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to ...