Author Archives: The Canadian Press

Canada's vaccine rollout received a boost Friday with the approval of a third COVID-19 inoculation, giving the country another immunization option at a time when case counts remain nearly 75 per cent ...

NEW DELHI - India's economy expanded by a weaker-than-expected 0.4% in the October-December quarter, which still allowed it to escape recession following large contractions in the two previous quarter...

LONDON - The parent company of British Airways and Iberia on Friday said it lost 6.9 billion euros ($8.3 billion) last year as the pandemic caused a near-total collapse in international air traffic, a...

NEW YORK - The Washington editor for The New York Times is joining Celadon Books as executive editor. Bill Hamilton will begin his new job April 5 and focus on acquiring books about politics and histo...

Quebec City police say they have arrested a 54-year-old woman in connection with the case of fake Alexis Lafreniere hockey cards circulating online. Last December, organizers of the Quebec Internation...

OTTAWA - The federal government should not expand access to medical assistance in dying to those suffering solely from severe mental illness while Indigenous people live in conditions linked to higher...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole spent $3.69 million on his campaign to win the leadership of his party last year. But having raised more than $3.7 million, he ended the race with a small sur...

The latest developments on the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada (all times eastern): 6:35 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 589 new cases of COVID-19, along with seven deaths. But the province cautions th...

New York City's Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced Friday he will step down, citing the coronavirus pandemic's personal toll on his family. He will be replaced by Bronx Executive Superinten...

WASHINGTON - Bouncing back from months of retrenchment, America's consumers stepped up their spending by a solid 2.4% in January, the sharpest increase in seven months and a sign that the economy may ...