Author Archives: The Canadian Press

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, March 12, 2021. There are 903,233 confirmed cases in Canada. <b>_ Canada: 903,233 confirmed cases (30,781 a...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government's energy "war room" is going to battle with a Netflix children's movie saying it inaccurately portrays the oil industry. The Canadian Energy Centre says more than 1,0...

OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper says the world order has returned to a kind of Cold War between two superpowers, this time between the United States and China. And while middle-power cou...

FORT NELSON, B.C. - Ottawa has committed more than $40 million to fund the development of geothermal power from a diminishing natural gas field in northern British Columbia. "It will serve as a model ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration released a plan Friday to make sure Michigan will have enough propane if a controversial pipeline is shut down. The strategy addresses a f...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is re-establishing an advisory panel to help select the next governor general. Six people are on the panel, which was announced Friday by Intergovernmental Affairs Mini...

MONTREAL - The Quebec Council of Hasidic Jews launched a court challenge Friday to the province's COVID-19 nighttime curfew, which it says will impede religious rights after daylight time comes into e...

OTTAWA - Health Canada's chief medical adviser says there is no scientific explanation to suggest a link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots. Dr. Supriya Sharma says Health...

OTTAWA - The federal minister of agriculture says Canada is an important step closer to being recognized as a negligible-risk country for mad cow disease. Marie-Claude Bibeau says in a news release th...

LOS ANGELES - I have covered the Grammy Awards for the Associated Press for 15 years. But this strange year feels like the first time. Built around performances, full of singing and shouting, and with...