Author Archives: The Canadian Press

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government on Tuesday announced plans to reopen restaurants, museums, gyms and many other establishments - the same day the province reported its first COVID-19 case involving ...

OTTAWA - Some of the thousands of Canadians told they'd have to repay federal emergency COVID-19 benefits will get to keep the money after all. Self-employed Canadians who'd applied for the Canada Eme...

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers cut back sharply on hiring in December, particularly industries slammed by the pandemic such as restaurants and hotels, as virus infections soared and governments responded...

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Teamsters local that represents workers who play Mickey Mouse, Goofy and other characters at Walt Disney World was taken over almost two years ago by its parent union, which cited ...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:15 p.m. British Columbia is reporting another 435 cases in what health officials say is progress on pushing back the COVID-19 ...

OTTAWA - Canada should support moving the 2022 Olympics outside China over its "genocidal campaign" against the Uighur Muslim minority, says Green Leader Annamie Paul, and consider offering to play a ...

OTTAWA - As the government moves to train 4,000 new personal support workers across the country, Parliament's budget watchdog estimates it will cost $38.5 million over two years. A costing note from t...

OTTAWA - With new and more contagious variants of COVID-19 escalating in Canada, provincial governments lifting lockdown restrictions must be ready to slam them back into place at a moment's notice, C...

NEW YORK - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' rout of the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl drew a total audience of 96.4 million viewers. CBS said Tuesday the audience included record digital numbers for a...

SALT LAKE CITY - Paris Hilton testified about abuse she says she suffered years ago at a boarding school in Utah, as she lobbied Monday for a bill seeking to regulate the state's troubled teen industr...