Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The border between Canada and the United States will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced late Friday that the closure...

OTTAWA - More than one in three federal public servants were granted paid time off work during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, at a cost exceeding $800 million, according to a Treasury...

LONDON - The British government announced a small step out of the nation's lockdown on Saturday - allowing nursing home residents to have a single friend or family member visit them indoors. Residents...

OTTAWA - Nine Algonquin First Nations in Quebec are considering litigation to stop Ottawa from allowing another Algonquin group to build a new suburb on the outskirts of the city. Ottawa city council ...

MANDALAY, Myanmar - Riot police in Myanmar shot dead two anti-coup protesters and injured several others on Saturday, as security forces increased pressure on popular revolt against the military takeo...

BANGKOK - Thailand's prime minister survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Saturday amid allegations that his government mismanaged the economy, bungled the provision of COVID-19 vaccines, abu...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Two Air Force pilots were killed Friday when a trainer jet crashed near an Alabama airport, the military branch confirmed. The crash involved a T-38 trainer aircraft assigned to the...

WASHINGTON - Add Mother Nature to the pile of crises on President Joe Biden's plate. A month into the job and focused on the coronavirus, Biden is seeing his disaster management skills tested after wi...

PARIS - The 518-year-old Mona Lisa has seen many things in her life on a wall, but rarely this: Almost four months with no Louvre visitors. As she stares out through bulletproof glass into the silent ...

CAMEROON, Cameroon - Britain circulated a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Friday demanding that all warring parties immediately institute a "sustained humanitarian pause" to enable pe...